I have an apple tree in my garden, how do I tell if the apples are cookers or eaters?

[Fluffycloudland77]

I bit into one and it was really sour, but had fallen off the tree and was pinky red coloured.

What do I do with it?

Cook it

WAit till October, then bite one?

Make a pie :o

Where do you live? If you live anywhere near Brogdale, you can take unidentified apples to their apple day in October and their experts will tell you what variety it is. Some (all?) of the RHS gardens have apple events too.

We're in the midlands, I'm going to cook one and see what happens.

Cut it open, if the pips are brown, it was ripe. If the pips are still white, it wasn't ready yet.

I have a cooking apple tree (Bramleys) and they were ripe very early this year and have started to fall. How big are the biggest apples? And do what fluffy says!