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I only had 8 apples on the Sweet Sixteen tree, as it
is three years old and under 8 feet (on Bud 9). So the apples were
all ripe, as they were all well exposed to sunlight. The previous year,
2007, there was only one Sweet Sixteen. Yes, everything here is about 2-3
weeks late, due to a cold, endless spring.
Doreen Howard
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:31
AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Late ripening
apples
Doreen,
Are you saying you picked all the Sweet Sixteen on the same day?
Mine aren't ready yet this year but last year I picked a number of the Sweet
Sixteen on the last day of September last year (2007) but didn't pick the ones
that weren't ripe yet until we came back from a time away from home on the
11th of October. I find that with most fruits that they don't ripen all
in the same day but if you pick them as they become ripe you will have much
better flavor. What has been your experience?
Thanks,
Bob
Western Washington
Most fruits are 2 to 3 weeks later this year because of a cold spring and
early summer but some are ripening on time.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:25
PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Late ripening
apples
I'm a couple weeks ahead of Jim in ripening here along the
Wisconsin-Illinois border. My Sweet Sixteens and Honeycrisps
were picked
yesterday. I have a mystery apple grafted on to Bud 9
that a nursery sent
me as a replacement for Sops of Wine. They
actually sent two trees in place
of SOW, and both were missing
tags. The nursery didn't have records as to
what they sent.
I finally identified one as Sweet Sixteen. The other
mystery apple
is as large or larger than Sweet Sixteen, deep red (almost
black),
crisp, juicy and sweet. It was ripe and picked yesterday, too.
Does anyone have a clue to what it could be?
Doreen Howard
Jim
Fruth wrote:
> My Haralson and Sweet 16 are hardly
showing signs of ripening. Last
> week I finally got to harvest
the McIntosh and about half of the Honey
> Crisp. My Summer
apples were all a month late too with the exception of
> Yellow
Transparent which ripened right on time/Early
August.
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