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  • From: Jerry Lehman <jwlehmantree@gmail.com>
  • To: fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com, mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Envy Apple
  • Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 08:34:52 -0500

On 1/8/2016 11:24 PM, fuwa fuwa usagi wrote:
I am finding many of the new club apples really need to be stored and sampled
in order to achieve anything above ordinary in flavor. Which is to say, they
are very expensive because so many are wasted in the sampling. There seems
to be no correlation between them either. So you 5 of the same variety and
one may taste okay and 3 eeks later another one may now taste great but the
remaining 3 may suck.

So while they may be enforcing growing standards it appears to me that there
is huge breakdown in the distribution process, mixing apples so the consumer
has not idea when they are actually ready to eat. I have been very, very
disappointed with what boils down to a crap shoot to land a good tasting one.
The fluffy one is correct, apple flavors do change with length of time in storage and even at storage temperature. Also one's evaluation is dependent upon his personal preferences. Example: Some years back I bought a variety from Starks named Fall Gold. It is a yellow apple, large, very very crisp (literally snaps when you bite into it), very juicy but flat on flavor. My son believed it was the most awesome apple he ever bit into, I wouldn't give you a nickel for bushel basketful of them. I love Mutsu, not nearly as firm (even mealy after storage), not nearly as juicy but full of fantastic flavor by my taste buds. All of my neighbors make regular trips to the tree as they love it. The point is what's awesome to one person isn't awesome to everyone. I have purchased Envy and I thought the taste improved after sitting on the kitchen table for a week but would much rather have Mutsu. _

To each his own crapshoot_. Ah, this gives me an idea for naming test varieties in one's breeding orchard, Crapshoot-1, Crapshoot-2, Crapshoot-3 etc.

Jerry




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