2006-09-01 09:16:05 · 6 answers · asked by hodge podge 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The best way is to try one and determine if it's ready then start picking. You cannot go by time of year unless you have a history of when they should be ready baised on prior years. At my place depending on the type they are ready from around 1st of July till Oct. with the cooking ones ready early, the eat off the tree ones from mid Aug. till Oct.
2006-09-01 09:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by madjer21755 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you lift the apple up from underneath and it breaks off the tree without you having to pull it then it's ripe.
2006-09-01 16:21:48 · answer #2 · answered by Mordent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may notice they start to drop but if you gently handle the fruit and twist slightly if it comes away easy you know its ready. if it feels like tou are pullinf it off leave it for a couple of days.
2006-09-02 04:04:08 · answer #3 · answered by lavylulu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they are ripe around august or september here in the USA.
2006-09-01 21:35:51 · answer #4 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically just pick one and bite into it. That's how I do it.
2006-09-01 16:45:29 · answer #5 · answered by sheeny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when they are red.
2006-09-05 13:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by Jas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋