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["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

Speaking of keepers...
I bagged some Mutsu apples on the tree a year ago when they where only 1
inch diameter.  I used simple plastic sandwich bags to prevent worm
holes from codling moth and apple fly maggot.  I left the apples in the
bags when I picked them last October, and stored them in my frig.  I
just ate the last of these on June 2.  It was still crisp, juicy and
sweet.  This last one had cracked a little while on the tree, but after
7 months in storage, the crack was still clean and had not gone moldy.
Normally a Mutsu apple in the frig would be all shriveled-up and
inedible by now, but the bagging process had kept the apple fresh.
-Mark Lee, Seattle, zone 8a