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  • From: "Jim Fruth" <jimfruth@charter.net>
  • To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Picking unripe fruit
  • Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:57:07 -0500

When I've picked unripe fruit, I've learned that it the fruit comes off the stem it stops ripening. When I pick it with stem intact (including raspberries) the fruit continues to ripen. Leaving the stem intact on peaches and apricots might require the use of a pruning shear.

Jim Fruth
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