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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pixie Crunch
  • Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:52:59 -0400


On Aug 20, 2005, at 12:19 AM, Charles Paradise wrote:

Doreen Howard wrote:


I'm totally
new to apple growing and don't even have a clue how to tell when an apple is
ripe.
Doreen Howard


Doreen,
In August-ripening Gala, I used to tell when the Galas were getting ripe because the seeds would turn from white to brown. Brown told me the apple was ripe.
Charlie Paradise


Charlie,

If you had enough apples to cut some open just to test ripeness, couldn't you just as easily have tasted them to check?

Doreen,

Someone else suggested this, but when I pick apples, I lift the fruit gently. If it falls off into my hand, I assume it's ripe. If it wants to stick to the tree, I assume it isn't. I'm sure the degree of perfectly ripe stem looseness varies from cultivar to cultivar, but it works pretty well.

Ginda




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