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Old 08-31-2012, 04:20 PM   #248 (permalink)
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Default Re: What did you kill today?

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Originally Posted by Yug View Post
I killed a Manzano, and all the pups. The fruit was ripe and beautiful on the outside, but hard with brown areas on the inside. If a tree bears bad fruit, ya gotta do what ya gotta do.


The bunch


The fruit
PS -- The Manzanos shown in these two photos aren't ripe enough yet. There has to be some brown/black on the peel and the peel has to be very thin. Letting them get riper will get rid of the astringency, but unfortunately it won't help with the hard brown spots.
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