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Would you rather have apples at the same time or apples spread out?

 
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Would you rather have 10 apple trees that all produced at the same time or 10 different apples trees that each produced during a different month of the year?

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This one is hard for me. Because usually fall is crowded with harvesting and processing so spreading them out would be nice. On the other hand, its also nice to have things a bit crazy for a while and then rest... so I think I could go with 10 apple trees all at once.

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Spread out!

And ideally most of them would be good storage apples, too, to give me more of a chance to do something with them all.

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This is a really good one. Man I'm wrestling with it.

I'm going to say spread out. You never know when things get too busy and you miss a small window of opportunity. At least with a longer period of time I have a better chance of taking advantage of the produce properly.

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I'll go spread out. Really fresh apples are how I eat them. No canning or juicing or anything. So spread out would be the way to go.

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Spread out, for sure. Our main producing apple tree is a yellow transparent. So apples start ripening in August. Having some more to keep going through the Fall would be awesome.

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Definitely spread out, that way we can use them all with none going to waste.

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Another vote for spread out. Our couple acres of wild blackberries ripen in 2 or 3 waves, all within a matter of about 4weeks. I've had more years than not, where I've completely missed them by a day or three, because of weather, emergency travel, or injuries, or caught party of a wave, then couldn't get them processed fast enough to catch the rest of a wave. It's heart breaking and frustrating.

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Spread out of course.  Then one failure isn't going to cost me everything.  4 trees per year would probably always cover my needs so that would give me 6 months for failures for various reasons.

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I’m going to agree with others—spread out. If I miss one tree, or something goes wrong with the harvest and storage, then there are still all the others. I can get back into practice with the first tree, then go through the rest sequentially and not be overwhelmed.

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10 trees that each produce during a different month of the year, please.
I think this would put less pressure on me to get every single last one from every tree. I'd get as many as I could, but I'd know that shortly there's more coming. And if I didn't get them all - then maybe those are the ones for the pigs (and/or other animals).

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Spread out, I like eating them raw and making applesauce is a must for my baking in the fall and winter. I dis-like any of my harvest going to waste, and having them all at once would be a lot more work plus waste, only the compost pile would be happy.
 
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