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[Sam Franc <franc@oregonfast.net>]

If you are serious, I would bag the apples.
Use a small brown bag you can get at the market, no need to pay for the 
special ones for a few apples like you have.
If the rain destroys them, replace.
To redden up take off a few days before you pick.
Sam

jack e wigal wrote:

> Hi Ya'll,    I think I remember some talk in the past about bagging
> apples for their protection.  I have some new types that are only two
> years old and grafted on old trees which have produced a few apples and
> would sure like to taste at least one of each. 
>
> My problem is the birds which are pecking and ruining many of them.  I
> had one clump of three Bramleys Seedlings and one fell yesterday, so my
> chances of ripening the other two are slim.  I have from ten to twenty of
> some other varieties, so may get to taste a couple if I can foil the
> birds.   Have also considered a fony owl?
>
> Would appreciate any suggestions from some of you more experienced folks.
>
> Thanks,    Jack Wigal
> Washington, WV
> Zone 6 
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