When I was growing up we had a huge apple tree in our yard that bore those little green cooking apples, about 3" big. No good for fresh eating but made wonderful pies and sauce.
We have some in our yard now, don't know what kind they are; last year was the first year they produced and it was dry so we didn't get too much. Pears too. Only the peaches and cherries did well this past summer. I made peach preserves but the cherries are still in bags in my freezer awaiting some kind of processing. I think I'll take care of them sometime this week, maybe make a pie or two for Thanksgiving and can the rest.
I didn't get to do much canning this year. Garden didn't do very well.
We did get a lot of onions though. I never realized how worthwhile it actually is to grow onions from sets, but I'm definitely doing it again next year. I planted 100 little onion sets and got enough to keep us supplied till next spring if they don't spoil, and so far they've kept very well. The trick is to lay them out on newspaper and dry them for about a month before you store them.
Oops I am rambling again.
