Maya
5 year old buck +
Hmmm, interesting, normally something that early is not as good. The 25th is still early for a high quality eating apple. Sounds good if it is. OK, I got ya now on the drop/ ripeness, I misread. ReTain and NAA are used quite extensively out here in upics just to delay blocks so you can better pic an unsprayed block. Then pick the sprayed block the following week and sell more of a given variety. Are they short stemmed? Did they say anything about the apples staying ripe on the vine for a while, or is it a short duration like HC's? Sorry for all the questions, I could really do well with that apple, I think! Anyone got a link to it?