Here's why you should grow your own apples

Eating apples at this time of year is a real boon to health. Fiann Ó Nualláin says it’s well worth growing your own — chemical-free

As the Irish seed savers ‘Taste of the Orchards’ tours continues this weekend in Scarriff, Co Clare, it prompted me to write something about apples for today.

The myth is that home grown apples are harvested in autumn — and so it’s supermarket varieties shipped in from elsewhere, for summer.