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[Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com>]

Has anyone seen what might be rust in the fruits? Basically, for the past few 
years, all my fruit are inedible, their insides dry and rust colored. Perhaps 
it’s something else. But it is a problem!

Lee
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> On Dec 16, 2021, at 8:53 AM, Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As with Shelley, I had best luck leaving them on the tree, and picking up
> the ones that fall daily.  That lasted into January.  So medlars far and
> away the latest 'tree-ripened' fruit we harvest in SW VA.
> Richard Moyer
> Snacking on tree-ripened dates.  Harvested last week in Vegas.
> 
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>>   1.  mealy medlars? (Jay Cutts)
>>   2. Re:  mealy medlars? (Shelley Rogers)
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
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>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 21:27:22 -0700
>> Subject: [nafex] mealy medlars?
>> 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
>> 
>> Jay Cutts
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>> From: Shelley Rogers <shelleyrogers@eml.cc>
>> To: Melissa Kacalanos via nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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>> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:37:28 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [nafex] mealy medlars?
>> 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
>>> 
>>> Jay Cutts
>>> Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
>>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Prep Book
>>> Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Flash Cards
>>> Lead Author, Barron's LSAT Prep Book
>>> (505) 281-0684 (landline, no texts)
>>> (505) 717-6394 (cell, text or voicemail)
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