Comments on: Mealy Apple Rant!!!

by: Shan

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:45:10 +0000

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by: ken

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:05:57 +0000

I sympathize about the bad apples. I don’t know what’s going on either, but I live in Washington State in the US and we are supposed to be famous for our apples, its one of our main crops, and they suck here too this year. I do the thumb test too, like Karen, and I have to try four or five varieties when I am in the store before I can find some that are hopefully decent. The whole apple crop seems subpar this year.

by: karen

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:00:14 +0000

what i do, before purchasing an apple, is I press the bottom of the apple with my thumb. If it gives easily, it’s definitely mushy. If it doesn’t, it’s crisp. I’ve been more or less successful and so far haven’t had any bad apples, except for maybe some that are a bit on the tasteless or sour side…

by: Marketman

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:41:57 +0000

Stef, I agree completely. But apples grown here are a bit farfetched. I know they have been able to do it but with very “runty” results… how can they not be otherwise… apples for the most part need a winter to rest… I think this is more a case of bad importers who choose to bring in only the cheapest stuff rather than an issue of wanting to grow the stuff here. Modern transport by jet means we can get a freshly picked Northern Spy from upstate New York to Makati in less than 36 hours… I know its best to buy local but I would rather growers focus on tropical fruits first…

by: stefoodie

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:23:57 +0000

hi marketman, sorry, don’t mean to hog your comment area here. i just thought i’d add a clarification. the reason i say “talk to the farmers” is because there ARE farmers on the yahoogroups rarefruit-ph wanting to know how and where to grow apples there. there’s a dr. vallejo who has grown apples in San Pablo, another who has grown Fuji apples in Pangasinan. so this is not all talk — there are people out there who may be willing to give you what you want; you just need to find them and tell them. siguro what’s needed is a way for consumers and farmers to communicate?