In article >, gravesend10
@verizon.net says...
>
> Dave Smith wrote:
> >sf wrote:
> >>Janet Bostwick wrote:
> >>
> >>> That apple you just bought might be a year old ? but does it matter?
> >>
> >> No.
> >
> >Not if you put enough nutmeg on it. ;-)
> >Most apples keep well and do not have to be used fresh off the tree, but
> >some varieties keep much longer than others. Aside from the risk of
> >rotting, most apples start to get mealy with age.
>
> Apples at the market out of season are waxed, refrigerated they can
> keep 2-3 months. Off the tree refrigerated with no wax they'd be
> doing well to keep one month. The more tart apples, like Granny
> Smiths, keep a bit longer. Naturally as with any produce the sooner
> it's consumed the better it will taste... apples a week after
> harvested won't be nearly as good as just picked... people who pick at
> the local orchards eat so many apples that soon as they get home they
> head for the terlit, if they can make it.

In my teens I lived in a big fruit-picking area and picked for pay in
summer. I remember one farmer where the pickers all lived in (sleeping
bags in barn) to pick his strawberries. On the first day he said "These
are the best strawberries you will ever taste; eat as many as you
like".. we pigged out all day long. That night he came to the barn
with.. a giant market tray of strawberries to go with our supper. And
the next night.
By day three nobody wanted to eat another strawberries for a vey long
time.....
Janet UK