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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 12:36 PM 11/3/2008, Ginda wrote:
> I'm jealous.  I picked my first apple crop slightly under-ripe this year
> because the critters had already consumed most of it, and it was clear it
> wouldn't make it to 'ripe'.

I understand your frustration - it's been a constant battle, all 
season long, to beat the hooved rats(whitetail deer) to any 
windfalls/early drops, regardless of whether they were ripe or not - 
depending upon variety.  The deer really liked Honeycrisp, Cox Orange 
Pippin, Cornish Gilliflower, MonArk, Jonagold, Cinnamon Spice, and 
Keiffer pear, but they did not seem to care for, and still don't seem 
to be enamored with Loid, Early Harvest, MacIntosh, Red Delicious, or Winesap.
Ther are still lots of early-dropped apples on the ground underneath 
the Winesap, ArkBlack and OF Limbertwig trees right now, but they're 
not cleaning them up (yet).
Had to fence in my Rosseyanka persimmon - it's loaded, but they were 
starting to pull fruits off, despite the fact that they're still firm 
and astringent.

Lucky







> Sigh.
> ___
> Ginda
>
> ...... Original Message .......
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:50:53 -0600 Lucky Pittman
> <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu> wrote:
> >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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