This week it’s: Apple lore and customs
We look at traditions behind the humble apple
WE are, of course, well into the apple-picking season. AG regularly covers the best apple varieties to grow for this purpose or that taste, as well as the best way to plant, grow and prune apples. But rarely do we devote much space to the folklore surrounding apples, or their customs, rituals and, yes, even superstitions. So, I thought I would now!
■ There are dozens, nay hundreds of localised customs and rituals concerning apples, going back many hundreds, nay thousands, of years. This is, in part, because the apple has played a hugely important role in the economy of those areas where
