Harvest maturity report for Sept. 17:

2012 Fruit Maturity Sept 17 (pdf)

In general, the cool weather has greatly reduced fruit maturity over the past week. Along with today’s rain, this should give everyone a chance to catch their breadth. Other than a less than 50% chance of rain over the weekend, the next 10 days looks like excellent weather for picking. The cool nights have also further increased red color development. Overall, fruit quality seems to be very good this year.

At the AREC, Fujis, Romes, Idareds are ready for harvesting for long-term storage. Staymans and Yorks have not started to ripen on the trees yet.