To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] grocery store peaches and nectarines
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:36:37 -0800 (PST)
Check out the lighting in the produce aisle. It is tinted to make fruits
look less
green. If you want to see truer color of a fruit, take it into different
light (if
the store will allow it.)
--- mauch1 wrote:
> > "...That means at the first sign of that yellowish/red tint, they are
> ready to
pick to be shipped."
>
> I think this is part of the problem in that since the public associates
> 'redness'
with 'ripeness' all the newest peaches and nectarines are being selected for
being
redder and redder. So I think the peaches/nectarines are being picked even
earlier
than
> they used to as they are now 'probably' redder sooner.
>
> Years ago, on one of our local news stations, they used to have a segment
> with
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