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  • From: "David Doud" <doudone@netusa1.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] apples, early and keeping
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:05:59 -0500

one excellent keeping apple not yet mentioned is 'GoldRush' - they will easily keep for a year,  tho they need to be in plastic to retard dehydration -
and someone mentioned picking all their early variety in one fell swoop (Transparent?) - I don't agree with this as a general rule - can't speak for every early apple,  but Transparent in particular always ripen unevenly and size is always an issue - at least 2 pickings,  and usually 3 - skim the first third off at the strategic moment (right now,  here in northcentral Indiana) and watch the remaining fruit gain 1/8" in a day, and a 1/4" or more before returning to harvest 2/3rds of the remaining fruit a week or so later - and clean the trees a few days later - weather conditions play a major role in the schedule,  of course -
 
 



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