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[Guest]

2 questions

 

We went foraging today and saw this tiny blue flutterby, it was about 2cm long and a lovely pale blue, anyone know what variety/species it is?

 

wings closed

 

http://www.liverpoolpoet.talktalk.net/300808.1.jpg

 

 

wings open

 

http://www.liverpoolpoet.talktalk.net/300808.2.jpg

 

 

also, we found a wild apple tree so took some apples home but now I'm wondering, are ALL apples edible? I have no idea what variety it is, it was a tree on a hill in the middle of nowhere. They don't taste of anything in particular, very bland actually but I'm sure, with some sugar, they'll make a nice pud etc but could they be poisonous?

 

here's a pic, if that helps at all

 

http://www.liverpoolpoet.talktalk.net/300808.4.jpg

 

 

 

thanks in advance!

[Blackrocksrock]

Male common blue butterfly - gorgeous - wish we had some up here

[Guest]

Male common blue butterfly - gorgeous - wish we had some up here

 

wow, you even sexed it for me! Thanks

 

now, do you know anything about apples?

[Guest]

I think all apples are good to eat.

 

Only poison apple I've ever heard of was in Sleeping Beauty!

[Guest]

I think all apples are good to eat.

 

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cheers pengy

[Blackrocksrock]

Male common blue butterfly - gorgeous - wish we had some up here

 

wow, you even sexed it for me! Thanks

 

now, do you know anything about apples?

 

 

Like Penguinmad I think all apples are fine - maybe sour if cooking ones but fine anyway and I am very about the blue butterfly

[Milly]

From the size, they look like crab apples (which would explain why they aren't very nice to eat). You could make jelly with them, or add them to your elderberries when you cook them.

 

Milly

[Guest]

susan, he was so pretty, I love the things we see when we're out foraging

 

hi Milly, crabapples? really? I always thought crabapples were about the size of a cherry and bright red

[Guest]

i've done a little googling and judging from the look and the taste, i think they are Hudson's Golden Gem and they may not be quite ready yet. Should still cook up okay with some sugar, I hope!

[Milly]

They looked really small in the picture, that's why I thought maybe crabapples. They seem familiar but I can't think why. And I agree, my crabapples are smaller.

 

I couldn't find Hudson's Golden Gem in my apple book, but as there are a couple of thousand varieties (or more) in the UK that doesn't mean much!

 

In Herefordshire they have the "Big Apple" in October, with celebrations of everything to do with apples plus displays and people on hand to identify fruits. Is there anything like that near you? People are always interested in old varieties.

 

Milly

[Blackrocksrock]

Male common blue butterfly - gorgeous - wish we had some up here

 

wow, you even sexed it for me! Thanks

 

Helps to have a mad on all wildlife hubby and he follows the butterflies up here all the time - we have peacock, small white, red armiral, tortoiseshell to name a few including a brown one scotch argus which is quite small. Birds, - well I must spend a fortune on them too by feeding them all year long