Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

This arrived today. A testament to ‘Goldrush’, a modern cultivar and one of the targeted ‘future heirlooms’ #agrariansharingnetwork has been actively promoting almost since we began earnestly tracking the relative performance of ca. 4.5K apple varieties, across the maritime PNW. x.com/covidyoga/status/1504526221836623872

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Quoted by@peterjgeary @Englishomestead Air's fine, but add a little bit of moisture to a 2 gal. ziplock bag. Apples touching. Harvest undamaged fruit. Be careful not to bruise. Separate 'lower integrity' fruit with, say, bird-pecks, to eat first. Lid on tote in permanent shade. Raise keeping varieties, Goldrush first.Quoted by4/ Modern breeding programs select for varieties requiring intensive industrial inputs. Fuji variants, for example, crash fast in the maritime PNW without chemicals. That said, we're big fans of moderns thriving organically at the homestead level. If it fits, it works, our faith.