Farmer has to use ‘suncream’ on apples to prevent them from cooking in heatwave

One of the apples coated in a special clay to prevent them from cooking on the tree during heatwaves. (Four Daughters Wine via SWNS)

By Jack Fifield

A farmer has been applying special 'sunblock' to his apples to prevent them from COOKING as Britain struggles through another heat wave.

Farmer has to use ‘suncream’ on apples to prevent them from cooking in heatwave

Clive Baxter and daughter Lucy Baxter. (Four Daughters Wine via SWNS)
Farmer has to use ‘suncream’ on apples to prevent them from cooking in heatwave

Clive Baxter, 66, has worked on his family tree fruit farm for 40 years, following in his father's footsteps. (Four Daughters Wine via SWNS)
Farmer has to use ‘suncream’ on apples to prevent them from cooking in heatwave

The 'suncream' coated apples at Amsbury Farm, in Maidstone, Kent, England. (Four Daughters Wine via SWNS)

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