Fruit Tips

Some fruit tips and how they ripen:

• Soft berries and cherries, citrus, grapes, litchis, pineapples and watermelon never riped after picking.
• Avocados only ripen after being picked.
• Apricots, blueberries, figs, melons(except watermelon), nectarines, passion fruit, peaches and persimmons are ripe in color, texture, and juiciness but not in sweetness after picking.
• Apples, cherimoyas, kiwis, mangoes, papayas and pears get sweeter after picking.
• Bananas riped only after picking.