I Think My Apples Are Ready?

big rockpile · #1 08/12/10, 10:59 AM

I have I think Granny Smith Apples.They are Green just getting a Red Blush.I picked one and tasted and it was sweet and tasted Good not tart.

Would they be ready?

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Common Tator · #2 08/12/10, 11:11 AM

If you like the way they taste, pick them now. The are ripe when the seeds turn dark brown.

If they are sweet rather than tart, they probably aren't Granny Smith.

ldc · #3 08/12/10, 05:31 PM

Sounds like now is the time! Good for you BRP! Enjoy! We have a green apple that is ready early in the summer here, but not quite as tasty as Granny Smiths. Sounds wonderful, ldc

Tracy Rimmer · #4 08/12/10, 05:35 PM

Grasp an apple that looks ripe. If it practically falls off in your hand, rather than needing to be tugged, it's ready for picking.

**Terri** · #5 08/12/10, 05:47 PM

Lift up when you pick the apples: that way you will not get a piece of broken stem. You want those stems to make more apples.

GrannyG · #6 08/12/10, 05:49 PM

One of the neighbors left his fall on the ground, left us pick them up for the critters..I saved the best of them, we had fried apple pies...so yummy !

soulsurvivor · #7 08/12/10, 08:19 PM

We've been picking apples off and on for 2 weeks here. Our earliest ones were the asian apples that are a cross between an apple and a pear and grow on the dwarf trees. They had to be picked before the wasps ate them up. We have those wrapped in newspaper and stored in the fridge out in the shop. They'll keep 3 months that way. We've now got Granny Smith ready and have been picking some everyday as the heat allows.

ceresone · #8 08/13/10, 07:43 AM

I guess I dont understand--Stems make more Apples?

anniew · #9 08/13/10, 08:33 AM

I've never seen a GRanny Smith with a blush. Are you sure of the variety?

big rockpile · #10 08/13/10, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by anniew

I've never seen a GRanny Smith with a blush. Are you sure of the variety?

No I'm not sure.I had three trees and lost two I had Granny Smith and Red and Yellow Delicious.

All I know is these are Green with a touch of Red.

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big rockpile · #11 08/13/10, 09:23 AM

Here is a pic hope it helps.The seeds are Black and they don't taste Green.

I Think My Apples Are Ready? - Homesteading Questions

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anniew · #12 08/13/10, 12:43 PM

Of the three they look like yellow delicious. Do they have the nubs on the bottom? Ask at an orchard when the two varieties ripen this time of year in your locale...I think Grannies ripen late...

big rockpile · #13 08/13/10, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by anniew

Of the three they look like yellow delicious. Do they have the nubs on the bottom? Ask at an orchard when the two varieties ripen this time of year in your locale...I think Grannies ripen late...

No they don't have the nubs.

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Jenn · #14 08/13/10, 10:17 PM

My yellow delicious are ripening now in AL 8. My CHenango strawberry tastes AWESOME but the birds think so too and that small crop is long gone. Next year I'm caging it!