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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