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- From: "Dennis Norton" <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>
- To: <Jwlehman@aol.com>
- Cc: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Apple flavor
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:50:18 -0500
Hello Jerry,
For those folks who prefer a soft dry apple, we
have those varieties like Red Free, McIntosh, Jonagored, Enterprise
and Jonamac that begin to soften about 4-6 weeks after harvest or are naturally
softer varieties.
Apples stored in RA storage (Regular Atmospheric)
even when treated with Tsuami 100, will still break down and eventually
rot. Apples stored at 34 F still produce ethylene and create heat which in
turn breaks down the cell structure which is what causes apples to soften and
eventually rot. To avoid a cooler full of rotten apples in January or
February, we give all of our "still good" apples to the Society of St. Andrews
for their food pantries. If we had CA storage (Controlled Atmospheric) we
could store the apples longer and extend our sales into the spring, but we do
not need to add the additional costs and overhead which would not be offset by
the additional sales, since only about 2% of our total sales comes from
wholesale. We are only open from July through November 15 and sell via
internet through December 20 or so and after that we close for the
season.
Question for you to consider. Could you be limiting your market potential based on your personal apple taste preferences? Jerry |
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[NAFEX] Apple flavor,
Rodney, 04/02/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] Apple flavor, Dennis Norton, 04/03/2006
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [NAFEX] Apple flavor,
Jwlehman, 04/03/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] Apple flavor, Michael Dossett, 04/03/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] Apple flavor, list, 04/03/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] [NAFEX) Apple flavor, Jerry's comments,
kieran or donna, 04/05/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] [NAFEX) Apple flavor, Jerry's comments,
tanis grif, 04/05/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] [NAFEX) Apple flavor, Jerry's comments,
list, 04/05/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] [NAFEX) Apple flavor, Jerry's comments, tanis grif, 04/06/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] [NAFEX) Apple flavor, Jerry's comments,
list, 04/05/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] [NAFEX) Apple flavor, Jerry's comments,
tanis grif, 04/05/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] Apple flavor, Dennis Norton, 04/05/2006
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[NAFEX] Apple flavor,
mauch1, 04/06/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] Apple flavor, Dennis Norton, 04/06/2006
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