Apple bloom- fast and furious

Sour Cherry Bloom...last of the Peach Bloom

Sour Cherries

Peaches almost finished bloom

From the other day..

Cold, breezy Spring Day

 PEACH BLOOM BEGINS...

 MATT PLANTS A NEW SUMMER RASPBERRY VARIETY 

Tunnel Strawberries and blackberry pruning

Apples have 4-5 grams of fiber each....now that's perfect.

1. 
   

   Apple
   Fruit
   The apple tree is a deciduous tree in the rose family
   best known for its sweet, pomaceous fruit, the apple.
   It is cultivated worldwide as a fruit tree, and is the most
    widely grown species in the genus Malus. Wikipedia
   Nutrition Facts
   Apple
   Amount Per 1 medium (3" dia) (182 g)
   Calories 95
   
   
2. % Daily Value* Total Fat 0.3 g 0% Saturated fat 0.1 g 0% Polyunsaturated fat 0.1 g Monounsaturated fat 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Sodium 2 mg 0% Potassium 195 mg 5% Total Carbohydrate 25 g 8% Dietary fiber 4.4 g 17% Sugar 19 g Protein 0.5 g 1% Vitamin A 1% Vitamin C 14% Calcium 1% Iron 1% Vitamin D 0% Vitamin B-6 5% Vitamin B-12 0% Magnesium 2%

Pruning in the cold is hard work, but we take coffee breaks and eat something delicious. Here's the recipe for this weeks break:

APPLE- MAPLE PUDDING CAKE with

Manoff Market Gardens Cider

2 cup all-purpose flour

3 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

3 tbsp butter, room temperature

½ cup sugar

2 eggs

2/3 cup milk.

3 cups Granny Smith
 and/or Gold Rush apple slices mixed with:

          1 tbsp sugar

          1 tsp cinnamon

          1 tsp ground ginger

          1/2 tsp chopped candied ginger 
or more if you like ginger!

               

Syrup:

1 cup Manoff Market Gardens Apple cider

1 cup Real Maple Syrup

Heat oven to 350°.

For Batter:
 In a small bowl combine flour, 
bkg pwder and salt.

In a medium bowl, cream butter 
and 1/2 cup sugar.
 Beat in eggs.

Stir  in flour mixture, a third at a time 
alternating with milk.

In an ungreased 9x13 pan- 
put apples(mixed with 1 tbsp. sugar and spices)Pour  batter over apple mixture making 

sure  all apple pieces are covered.

Combine Syrup and Cider in a saucepan 
over high heat and bring to a boil, stirring often.
 (Couple minutes)

Pour over batter; it will sink.

(ignore how it looks at this time-
it's not pretty!)

Bake 35-45 minutes 
or until toothpick inserted into

the center of the cake (not liquid) 
comes out clean.

Delicious over vanilla ice cream 
or for coffee break.