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Lucky wrote:

ArkBlack and Old-Fashion Limbertwig are the only apple cultivars that 
set any fruit this year that hasn't already ripened, and I haven't even 
looked at the ABs this season, but in year past, the hornets have pretty 
effectivelly eviscerated all the AB fruits by the end of Sept.

My reply:

A while back I posted a thread about "fermenting apples".   An old timer I 
talked to in Indiana a few weeks back told me they "fermented" Arkansas Black 
because its thick skin allowed it to do so very easily.  I wonder if your 
fruit is converting from starch to sugar on the tree and attracting the 
hornets.   Normally not a darn thing bothers the tough skin on Arkansas 
Black...but I know Arkasas Black will hand long after it is ripe...

the fluffy bunny


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