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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] When to harvest late-season apples?
  • Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:36:20 -0500

I'm jealous. I picked my first apple crop slightly under-ripe this year
because the critters had already consumed most of it, and it was clear it
wouldn't make it to 'ripe'.

Sigh.
___
Ginda

...... Original Message .......
On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:50:53 -0600 Lucky Pittman
<lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu> wrote:
>Please allow me to pick your collective brains.
>
>I had no real problem figuring out when to pick and eat the early and
>mid-season apples, like Lodi, MonArk, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, etc., and
>I picked the last 10 gallons of Stayman Winesaps last weekend and put
>them into the fridge in the barn while they were at their peak.
>But, now my question is...on the really late season apples, like
>Arkansas Black and Old-fashion Limbertwig(Black Limbertwig?), how
>long do you leave them on the tree, and at what ambient temperature
>will they be damaged?
>I'm located about 70 miles NW of Nashville TN.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lucky Pittman
>USDA Cold Zone 6
>AHS Heat Zone 7
>Hopkinsville, KY
>
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