As production of Honeycrisp increases, the apple industry will need to know how best to store the variety, Dr. Dana Faubion, former Washington State University Extension educator, points out. Speaking at a fruit quality meeting in Yakima, Washington, last summer, Faubion said there are three postharvest problems associated with Honeycrisp: bitter pit, soft scald, and internal browning. To minimize those problems, the fruit should be harvested at the correct maturity and pickers should be trained to pick it based on the ground color, which changes from green to creamy yellow. The variety needs to be harvested at least three times, […]