31/08/2009

Mushy Apple or Tasty Apple??


Istead Rise has been known for it's amount of Dwarf Apple Trees which are situated around the area.
The Dwarf Apple tress are very different to your ordinary Apple tree, they produce a lot earlier and due to their reproduction it means that they are in much less needed care then the original Apple tree. Gravesend as a whole have 100's of Apple Trees.
However, even though the Dwarf Apples show the culture of Istead Rise area they are also causing problems for the people around them. Especially the specific plants around the community centre area.
The amount of Dwarf Apples which fall down off these tree's and the amount of young children picking them up off from the floor and throwing them as toys to watch them "splat" on the floor. The rotten apples from the tree are just falling off and lying in the road and going to pulp.
The problem with these apples, pointing out more of the rotten one's, is that they attract flies which land and lay their eggs for their maggots.
"I saw a young child around about the age of 7 touching one of the fallen rotten apples then licking their fingers a short while after, the amount of germs these children could pick up from them is ridiculous." Mrs Handy
Some residents around the area of Istead Rise like to think that the apples are making the area look and smell unclean, "I find that in the summer the rotten apples smell extremely bad and they are making the area look messy. With the amount of squashed apples in the road where people have driven over them, or children stamping on them, I think someone should clean the apples up. However, when they are fresh to eat they are delicious." Mr day.

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