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graham[_4_]

On 11/10/2014 2:16 PM, wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:27:54 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> > wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:03:58 PM UTC-7, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> That apple you just bought might be a year old - but does it matter?
>>>
>>
>>
>> We import fruit from countries with seasons opposite ours, like Chile. That is the main reason we have fruit and apples available in months when they don't grow here. I think most fruit we get isn't stored for very long any more.
>>
>> Where I shop the bins are labeled as to where the fruits and vegetables come from.
>
> Back in the day we used to pick the apples when ripe in the fall and
> then carefully place them in these chests my grandmother had. The
> many drawers had strips of food to balance the apples so that mostly
> they were surrounded by air and they were not to touch each other so
> one could go bad but not affect the others.
>
> We certainly ate them gradually all through the year until the next
> crop were ripe. So some were definitely a year old.
>
However, some varieties are better "keepers" than others.
Graham