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["Shelley Rogers" <shelleyrogers@eml.cc>]

Hi,
 
I would be curious to hear folks bletting tips as well. I have had the same 
experience as Jay, bringing medlars indoors to blet. When I have waited until 
after a hard freeze to harvest, I get a larger proportion of pulpy fruit, but 
still about half are mealy. This year I left the medlars on the trees until 
they were fully (or mostly) bletted and that seemed to work best. I didn't 
get any mealy ones though some ripe fruit did drop to the ground. 

Shelley
NC 7b


On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, at 11:27 PM, Jay Cutts wrote:
> Folks,
>
> This is my first year having fruit on my young medlar. I've tried to 
> follow bletting instructions.
>
> Some of the fruits are quite soft now but when I open them, they are 
> brown, dry, and mealy.  They have almost no sweetness at all.
>
> They seem to be going directly from hard to mealy. From what I've seen, 
> they are supposed to be soft and gooey and sweet.
>
> I can't imagine that they can get to the gooey stage from this mealy 
> stage but I'm letting some continue to sit out to see what happens.
>
> Anyone have any idea why they are dry and mealy?
>
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay
>
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