On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:06:00 -0700 (PDT), gonzo
wrote:

Okay...

I'll give that a shot next time. I always thought that fruit rotted
from the outside in, though.

Hm. I suppose it _could_ have started from the stem end though.

Are you sure it was rot, and not frass? If the dores and nearby flesh
were full of black, grainy stuff, it was probably frass (poop) from
codling moth larvae. Our organically-grown apples have that all the
time. We just cut around it.