We just started back to school and already the Dirty Rascals Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club is talking about grades. This time it isn't school grades, it's grading something you might give to your teacher...apples. Kerrie Roach, the Horticulture Extension Agent joined the group for their
October meeting with a whole bushel (or at least bunch) of apples. September and October are known as the months for apples. What you may not know is that the prettiest apples may not be the best apples.
So to learn how to grade apples and learn what makes a good apple it is necessary to touch them, look at them, squeeze them, and of course eat them. Although going in there were those who knew that a Granny Smith or Red Delicious would be their favorite just because that is always what they eat, learned something new today. The youth had to write down their top apple picks based on looks, touch or squeeze and then taste. There were a lot of ewwhhh yucks when it came time to taste some of the apples, just because the taste was not what they expected. So based on that when they looked back at their judging sheets, what fruit they thought might get the best grades, didn't.
After the lesson, there were an awful lot of apples left, so out came the fruit dips and the apples were consumed. While they were consumed the club members learned how to grow an apple tree from the seeds in the apple. the club also caught up on 4-H news and got ready for their upcoming field trip.
So to learn how to grade apples and learn what makes a good apple it is necessary to touch them, look at them, squeeze them, and of course eat them. Although going in there were those who knew that a Granny Smith or Red Delicious would be their favorite just because that is always what they eat, learned something new today. The youth had to write down their top apple picks based on looks, touch or squeeze and then taste. There were a lot of ewwhhh yucks when it came time to taste some of the apples, just because the taste was not what they expected. So based on that when they looked back at their judging sheets, what fruit they thought might get the best grades, didn't.
After the lesson, there were an awful lot of apples left, so out came the fruit dips and the apples were consumed. While they were consumed the club members learned how to grow an apple tree from the seeds in the apple. the club also caught up on 4-H news and got ready for their upcoming field trip.
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