LL-L "Horticulture" 2010.11.04 (03) [EN]

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From: Mike Morgan <mwmbombay at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Horticulture" 2010.11.04 (02) [EN]


Pears (and most fruit) ripen faster in response to ethylene gas ... which
RIPE bananas (and other fruit ... INCLUDING ripe pears!) give off ...

so, in fact, it IS banana perfume that does it!


Besides, they seem to have one very interesting property...placed next to a
banana they're said to ripen much faster than usual. Anybody know what
triggers this? Banana perfume? Pear hypnosis? ;=)



Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium



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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Horticulture" 2010.11.04 (02) [EN]


> From: Hellinckx Luc <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
> Subject: LL-L "Horticulture"
>

> Besides, I love pears way more than apples. They also originate from
> the same part of the world as apples (Western China) but are much
> juicier and sweeter. Just like apples, they're also used in placenames
> (Perry in the UK is an interesting example) and familynames (many
> Jewish Birnbaums). Besides, they seem to have one very interesting
> property...placed next to a banana they're said to ripen much faster
> than usual. Anybody know what triggers this? Banana perfume? Pear
> hypnosis? ;=)



You can ripen pretty much any fruit by placing it in a bowl of ripe
fruit. I believe this is because most plants use the same chemical for
synchronising the ripening of their fruit.

I also much prefer pears to apples, although the quality of the pears in
the supermarkets seems very poor to me (probably true of most of the
fruit they sell!).

Good perry seems to be harder and harder to find. Luckily living in the
West Country here there are still places where it's made locally. Of
course there's plenty of reconstituted "pear cider" about if you're
really stuck and desperate!

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/



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