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Apples from last season
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jgro...@hotmail.com
Apr 23, 2019, 9:28:32 PM4/23/19
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The groceries only have the old fall apples, from Wash. state. I'm expecting some new ones harvested in Chile or New Zealand.
itsjoan...@webtv.net
Apr 23, 2019, 10:35:54 PM4/23/19
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On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 8:28:32 PM UTC-5, jgro...@hotmail.com wrote:
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> The groceries only have the old fall apples, from Wash. state. I'm expecting some new ones harvested in Chile or New Zealand.
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Ummmmmm, ok.
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> The groceries only have the old fall apples, from Wash. state. I'm expecting some new ones harvested in Chile or New Zealand.
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Julie Bove
Apr 23, 2019, 10:41:44 PM4/23/19
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<jgro...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The groceries only have the old fall apples, from Wash. state. I'm
> expecting some new ones harvested in Chile or New Zealand.
What will you do with them when you get them?
> expecting some new ones harvested in Chile or New Zealand.
jgro...@hotmail.com
Apr 29, 2019, 8:41:36 PM4/29/19
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"YOUR APPLES ARE A YEAR OLD
Here in the U.S. apples generally ripen between August and September. They pick the apples when they’re slightly unripe, treat them with a chemical called 1-methylcyclopropene, wax them, box them, stack them on pallets, and keep them in cold storage warehouses for an average of 9-12 months.
I guess we should be grateful. It used to be that rather than being sprayed with 1-methylcyclopropene (also known as 1-MCP), cold storage apples were sprayed with fungicide....
From the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, we learn this:
According to Martin Lindstrom, author of Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy, the average supermarket apple is 14 months old.
This is unsurprising to me, but may be shocking to you.
That’s because my husband used to manage a cold-storage warehouse for Harry & David when we lived in Oregon. He saw first hand how their “fresh fruit” was handled — from harvest in the nearby valleys to specialized climate control storage.
What he saw inspired me to never want to eat a grocery store fruit again, long before I ever became the “Real Foodie” that I am today. I wish I could go into details, but honestly? I don’t want to be sued!
SHOULD YOU CARE ABOUT THE AGE OF YOUR PRODUCE?"
jgro...@hotmail.com
Jun 3, 2019, 9:32:59 PM6/3/19
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Is someone hoarding the new apples from Chile and New Zealand ?
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