
Time to Pick Apples!
Clip: Season 9 Episode 3 | 6m 5s
Learn the proper ways to harvest apples and pears from Teryl Roper.
Use skin color, firmness, and seed color to determine apple ripeness. Extension Specialist Teryl Roper describes the science behind the ripening process and explains that, unlike apples, pears are picked when mature so that they can ripen off the tree. He also demonstrates the proper apple harvesting technique.
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Time to Pick Apples!
Clip: Season 9 Episode 3 | 6m 5s
Use skin color, firmness, and seed color to determine apple ripeness. Extension Specialist Teryl Roper describes the science behind the ripening process and explains that, unlike apples, pears are picked when mature so that they can ripen off the tree. He also demonstrates the proper apple harvesting technique.
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