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  • From: David.Maxwell@dal.ca
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] When are my apples ripe?
  • Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:44:46 -0300

How do I tell when my many heritage varities of apples are ripe? Many of
them have been
falling for weeks, despite ripening times listed in refererence books as late
September/October. Now, I know diseased apples will fall off early, and
presumably these
ones falling does not indicate ripeness. When clean apples started to fall,
I collected several
and cut them open to look at the seed colour - the seeds were still pale.
Does this mean they
still aren't ripe? (Can one use the seed colour as an indicator?) Last year
I tried doing starch
indicator testing, but there are no charts for heritage varieties, so I
really had no idea what I
was looking for. How about simply, "If they come away cleanly when lifted,
with a slight
twist"?

David Maxwell, Nova Scotia, Zone 5a (Canada)
(Are the zones in Canada and the States the same??)



  • [NAFEX] When are my apples ripe?, David . Maxwell, 09/04/2008

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