To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] cornus mas ripe?
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:52:12 -0400
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
[NAFEX] cornus mas ripe?,
Ginda Fisher, 09/11/2009