A single ReTain application before harvest helps growers manage fruit maturation and ripening to optimize harvest time for maximum quality and storage potential of the fruit.
Research has shown that ReTain also aids with maturity-related disorders such as watercore in Red Delicious, greasiness of Jonagold, cracking in Gala and yellow ground colour in Mutsu.
Higher quality apples, and more of them, result in higher returns for Canadian apple growers.