To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [nafex] how to tell if apples are ripe?
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:43:44 -0400
I have a Jonathan apple tree with about 2 dozen large apples hanging from it.
This is a very unusual occurrence, as squirrels have removed all the fruit by
mid-August in every recent year.
How can I tell when to pick them? Probably I should pick some now, even if
they aren't fully ripe, just to get some apples. You never know what critter
will take an interest in the tree tomorrow, after all.
Thanks,
Ginda
eastern MA, zone 6
[nafex] how to tell if apples are ripe?,
Ginda Fisher, 08/26/2012