Lon,
is that in temperature/humidity controlled storage? I wonder how long it would store in perforated plastic bags on the North side of the house?
Thanks
John S
PDX OR

Thanks Steven. I just reread that. Great info.

My impressions this year are that there are many great keeping heirloom apples. However, since I really like apples with extreme flavor, I think in my situation you don't want moderate or mild flavored apples. Ted Swensen wrote an article a couple of years back in the Pome News about how the flavor gradually is lost in storage apples, with the sour flavor losing more quickly than the sweeter flavors. If an apple is too mild in October/November when you pick it, it will not become more strongly flavored.

Some people think that Goldrush is too strongly flavored when you pick it in November. I think they are spectacular right when you pick them and I would rather they not lose flavor at all. Unfortunately, that is not to be.

So, for my money, it's better to grow Goldrush, Belle de BOskoop, Spitzenberg, Erwin Baur, something with a lot of flavor so as to not lose too much flavor over the storage period. Usually they are very tart in November, but maybe sweet also.

I am intrigued by an apple called Altlander Pfannkuchenapfel. It is supposed to be so tart as to be inedible when you pick it in Oct/Nov until March, and then edible from March until June.

John S
PDX OR