Is Anywhere Selling British Apples?
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I know its just before harvest but even at other times of the year there are lots of foreign apples. My latest online order resulted in apples from Chile ,South Africa, and New Zealand! All that mileage, seems a pity.
I think they use a device to Transport them these days, wonka vision I think it is called. This is the only explanation I can think of for them being so small.
Howmuch that annoys me a great deal too...price of course up and size down , half core..
Hey, Tesco, Sainsburys and Waitrose have British Apples on their website that say they're grown in the UK, so might be worth giving those a look 
I agree that Aldi have British apples but so many faves seem to have disappeared. What's happened to Jonagold? (originally US but has been grown here for quite a while)
sunny101 had some recently dfrom Ocado, they were their " seasonal apples" so probably only briefly available, not sure of had had them before,really enjoyed them
sunny101 even Cox's are hard together nowadays. Basically there are about four that dominate
I have a flea in my ear about English apples.We have over 7.500 varieties and you can scarce buy em anywhere unless you go to a country fare.Ridiculous I'd say.
Sarahvwomble They're grown all over England but we buy in from abroad .We need to better subsidise UK farmers I think.Here's a clue to some
MelissaLee1963 oh thanks that looks interesting... Worcester Permain! My mum used to talk about loving those....
I’m just picking the local ones to me, although most are quite sour and not quite ripe yet
I think we should be finding British Apples shortly - my couple of trees are ripe already . Normally mid September . Giving them away at the moment .
Golfforall I wish I lived near you, love an apple crumble sometimes with blackberries too.
We should not be importing low value high weight items like fruit and vegetables. This is so damaging to the environment. We need to set up more industrial scale greenhouses and produce more of our own food. We need to adapt to other foods when certain foods are out of season. We need to be food secure especially with global warming with more regular crop failures likely around the world. Also it should be stated that supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl have a higher percentage of imported goods. They will market themselves with lots of British produce like meat, vegetables and fruit but a greater percentage of their stock is imported which obviously is more damaging to our economy. As government debts pile up and sterling devalues then as we become poorer and the £ buys less than there will be more opportunities and necessity to produce food within the UK to keep food prices accessible to more people.
BonzoBanana total!my agree, all these years it has sadden me, our village used to be full of greenhouses growing tomatoes all gone long since.... Rubbish polish and canary ones in shops
Sarahvwomble They were probably great quality when picked but all that time spent transporting them means reduced quality and sometimes they add surface chemicals to extend their shelf life which again lowers their quality. It goes from being a healthy product to a more processed product despite being so called fresh.
Good luck with this read somewhere the supermarket were saying the apples were British but there were wording on the the packets saying packed in Britain but they came from another country 
DarrenWorts In Europe there is the 'last significant process' rule which means a lot of German goods can be made in China like bicycles but because they are boxed in Germany and they throw in a instruction manual they can put 'Made in Germany' on the product and charge a premium for it. It's the same for a lot of Italian goods especially bicycles where you get a Chinese manufacturer that will sell their items in China for a tiny fraction of what a premium importer will charge in Europe. You'll probably find in supermarkets across Europe fruit that came from the same country being repackaged in those countries too to look like they were grown locally.
I like to get out for a long walk this time of year. If you venture off well trodden paths you can find all sorts. This year I have picked damsons, bullace, apples and pears… all from wild places. Great for wellbeing too.
It’s been a bad year for English apples, not enough rain to produce normal sized ones.
Just looking at Pakistan and the huge flooding and huge destruction of many crops we will see much more of this in the coming years. It should be a priority for the government to get to food security i.e. enough food being produced in the UK to feed the whole population if necessary. It won't be easy as we have about twice the population density of China but again if we don't think about the future now it could be disastrous in 10 or 20 years time. The UK is hugely over populated, realistically we should be around 30-40 million tops but we are 50% over that.
BonzoBanana Such a shift over the past 50 years or so to stop growing or manufacturing items but buying in from abroad as it can be cheaper, always seemed so wrong on many levels...
Sarahvwomble Unfortunately its all funded by borrowing pretty much. To balance the books we have to produce goods and services and export them to the same level as we import them but that simply logic has been lost we have become a economically moronic country it seems. These things come in cycles though, poverty will make people understand the importance of having a well managed economy.
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