Table 2. 1979 dates of ethephon application and harvest on Mcintosh 

 at Hillside Orchards. 



Application date Harvest date 



Days from 

 application to harvest 



August 2 2 

 August 24 

 August 26^ 

 August 2 8^ 

 August 30^ 

 August 31^ 

 September 3^ 

 September 4^ 

 September V 

 September 9 

 September 11' 



August 2 8 

 August 29-30 

 September 1 

 September 2 

 September 5 

 September 6 

 September 9 

 September 10 

 Septem.ber 13 

 September 16 

 September 18 



6 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 7 



1/2 pint ethephon plus 10 ppm NAA 



y 



1/3 pint ethephon plus 10 ppm NAA 



X 



1/4 pint ethephon plus 10 ppm NAA 



Apples picked September 5 or later are refrigerated, packed within 

 2 days and shipped within 4 days of harvest. 



They have a market for Cortland apples in September. Therefore, 

 1/3 pint of ethephon plus 10 ppm NAA in 100 gallons of water at IX 

 is applied on trees of this cultivar the first week of September. 

 Excellent results have been obtained on young Cortland trees that 

 produce large fruit. 



Atkins Farms, Inc., Amherst . Howard Atkins considers ethephon a good 

 tool for assisting harvest and permitting sales during harvest. 

 Ethephon is used on Wealthy, Milton, Mollie's Delicious and other 

 early maturing cultivars as well as on Mcintosh. When used on early 

 maturing cultivars, farm manager Stanley Kielbasa has found that the 

 number of pickings has been reduced from 4 or 5 to 2 . On early culti- 

 vars ethephon may be applied before first harvest or it may be applied 

 after the fruit is first "spot-picked", so that the trees can be 

 "stripped" at the second picking. These early maturing cultivars are 

 sold at the roadside stand. 



