--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jim_flanegin wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool <fflmod@> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> I did not know about this. This I why I stopped eating > >>> apples. They're too firm and I can't buy ripe ones > >>> anywhere. They don't ripen at home, eiher, and leaving > >>> them out for a month in the hopes they will ripen > >>> attracts fruit flies. Yes, I have actually left them > >>> out that long. > >>> > >>> It sounds like this chemical works too well. > >>> > >> My sister, who recently moved to Vermont, has some > >> old apple trees on her property that haven't been > >> cared for and look pretty miserable. But she > >> discovered a couple of small, misshapen, but nice > >> red apples on one of them, picked one, and ate it. > >> She says it was fantastic, vastly better than any > >> of the commercial apples she's had in years. > >> > >> > > Yep- There is no comparison at all. Oddly enough I find the apples > > from my tree stay firm and ripen slowly, and they are organic. > > Perhaps the trees sprayed with pesticides and stuff produce a > > different kind of apple? > > > > Judy, you may want to tell your sister that next year when all the > > little apples come out on the tree to thin them out, especially the > > clusters of two, three and four. Thin them down to one apple per > > branch site, and the apples will grow much larger. > Which *is* a lot of work and probably fine for someone who has no > hobbies or other interests.
lol! I think it took me a grand *total* of 45 minutes the three times I did it...I should've mentioned my tree is about 8 feet wide and 10 feet high. I didn't get many apples this year due to > the weird spring weather which messed up a lot of crops in the area. > Commercial growers use a spray that thins and indeed apples as well as > strawberries are one of the most heavily sprayed fruits. Keeping the > worms out of them is indeed another challenge. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
