date:Dec 03, 2013
crisp, after a year of abundant sun and rain.
Apples sized 88 to 72 are harder to sell in Quebec compared to medium sizes, said Boileau, who harvested about 2,000 bushels of Honeycrisp this year and has thousands of young trees in the ground.
Fortunately, markets in New York and western Canada welcome larger apples, Boileau said.
Big fruit is also harder to store since its already less firm coming off the tree, said Levasseur.
Boileau administrator Audree Boileau said she hopes to have good