I suppose there is a logic behind rough turning bowls and storing them for later, but by the time I pulled down a rough turned bowl, I will have forgotten what I saw in the bowl to begin with.... most of my bowl blanks have been sitting in my shop on the wood rack for 2-5 years by now anyway, so I don't rough turn.... I go straight to the finished bowl... not saying anyone is wrong, just my way of turning. I even turn green wood to finished.... I've had very few bowls crack and split... some do warp a bit, but if it feels too wet when finished, I have an old microwave in my shop that I'll c;ycle a really wet bowl through to dry it some....
Love the apple wood though.... I have a supply that a friend gave me last year that I need to start processing into blanks.