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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

On Feb 12, 2012, at 11:47 PM, Jim Fruth wrote:

> Ginda wrote, "If it's bugs, zip-lock bags provide pretty good protection 
> for 
> pomes (apples, pears) but tend to rot stone fruits."
> 
>    I had good luck using zip-lock bags on Tecumseh plums.  Almost none of 
> them rotted.
> 

I have never tried bags with plums. I thought I remembered some people 
writing on this list that they'd had trouble with rot.

I had good luck with Jonathan apples until the squirrels ate them all.

Ginda