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Watch your weather forecast.  A light frost won't bother Arkansas Black.  
Pick them just before you get a kiling (28 degree or lower) frost.

Eddie Earles

-----Original Message-----
>From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
>Sent: Nov 3, 2008 12:50 PM
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [NAFEX] When to harvest late-season apples?
>
>Please allow me to pick your collective brains.
>
>I had no real problem figuring out when to pick and eat the early and 
>mid-season apples, like Lodi, MonArk, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, etc., and 
>I picked the last 10 gallons of Stayman Winesaps last weekend and put 
>them into the fridge in the barn while they were at their peak.
>But, now my question is...on the really late season apples, like 
>Arkansas Black and Old-fashion Limbertwig(Black Limbertwig?), how 
>long do you leave them on the tree, and at what ambient temperature 
>will they be damaged?
>I'm located about 70 miles NW of Nashville TN.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lucky Pittman
>USDA Cold Zone 6
>AHS Heat Zone 7
>Hopkinsville, KY 
>
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