The 1991 Apple Harvest Season in 

 Massachusetts 



Wesley R. Autio 



Department of Plant & Soil Sciences 



Since 1986, we have been conducting regu- rity. We started assessing Mcintosh ripening in 

 lar starch-iodine evaluations at orchards 1986 and subsequently added Empire, Deli- 

 throughout Massachusetts to follow fruit matu- cious, and Cortland to the cultivars being tested. 



Starch index value 



8 



6 



Not for long-term storage 





Suitable for CA storage 



Immature 





i i i i I i i i i I i i i i I i i i i I i i i i I i i i i I i i i i I i i i i I i i i i I i i i i I i i i i 



-20 -15 -10 -5 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 



Days after August 31 



Figure 1. Starch-iodine values of Mcintosh fruit during the harvest seasons from 1986 

 through 1991. 



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Fruit Notes, Fall, 1991 



