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  • December 2008 Issue

    • Rosy outlook for blush apples

    Limousin apple growers limit their crop to 55 bins per acre to promote blush.

    A box of Blush Rose Golden Delicious apples. Below, Perlim barcode scanner. Perlim, a French growers’ cooperative that packs and markets apples and walnuts, has developed a following for its “altitude-grown” Golden Delicious and receives a premium for the rosy blush that appears on a small percentage of apples each year. “In Europe, blush apples are always associated with high sugar,” said Jean Paauw, managing director of the cooperative located in Saint Aulaire of the Limousin region. Golden Delicious apples with the rosy blush can qualify for Perlim’s premium grade and receive the Blush Rose sticker and a higher price. […]

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    Melissa Hansen
    Melissa Hansen is the research program director for the Washington State Wine Commission. Hansen previously was an associate editor at Good Fruit Grower from 1996 through 2015. Read her stories: Author Index
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