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  • From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] cornus mas ripe?
  • Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:33:25 -0700

Maybe a small production jam maker?

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of John S
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 9:57 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] cornus mas ripe?

 

Allow them to soften before eating.  I generally wait for fruit drop, as individual fruits have a tendency to mature at slightly different times on the same tree.  Once accustomed to judging ripeness with them, you may be able to pick some from the tree.  Some varieties hold onto their fruit better than others.  Yellow C. mas drop their fruit when ripe.

Lon is a very fortunate man.  Someone in Oregon should contact him to "help" with his harvest. :)

John



--- On Fri, 9/11/09, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:


From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
Subject: [NAFEX] cornus mas ripe?
To: "NAFEX Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 11:52 PM

One of my cornus mas has 14 fruits this year!  (Plus two more that 
I've picked.)  Okay, not a huge yield, but I've previously only gotten 
1, so this feels like an actual crop.

How can I tell if the fruits are ripe?  Most are fully red, a few are 
still slightly pink.  The two I picked were fully red, crunchy, and 
very sour, although I liked the flavor.  Do they get sweeter and less 
sour if I let them ripen longer?  How much longer?  I don't think the 
squirrels have realized they are food, yet, but I suppose that's only 
a matter of time.

thanks,
Ginda
eastern MA, zone 6
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