This will be the final Apple Maturity report for the season. I hope everyone had a successful and safe harvest season. Many growers have experienced heavier than usaul fruit drop this year. Although many factors come into play, the major factor was the light frost that many areas experienced on September 29th.
Pressures are reasonable, but have dropped significantly.
Averaged 15.3 lbs pressure down from 18.2 lbs and starch index was up to 7.1 from 4.15 the week before. Most harvest is complete at this time. Those that did postpone harvest have excellent fruit size now and they eat very well. Pressure held at an average of 15.6 lbs. and the starch iodine test was stable at 7.0. Most harvest is complete at this time.