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L O W L A N D S - L - 04 November 2010 - Volume 03<br>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Mike Morgan</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com">mwmbombay@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Horticulture" 2010.11.04 (02) [EN]</span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pears (and most fruit) ripen faster in response to
ethylene gas ... which RIPE bananas (and other fruit ... INCLUDING ripe pears!)
give off ...<br>
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so, in fact, it IS banana perfume that does it!</p>
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</p><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">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? ;=)</span></div>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal">Luc Hellinckx,
Halle, Belgium</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Sandy Fleming</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk">sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Horticulture" 2010.11.04 (02) [EN]</span></p>
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> From: Hellinckx Luc <<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: LL-L "Horticulture"<br>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">> Besides, I love pears
way more than apples. They also originate from<br>
> the same part of the world as apples (Western China)
but are much<br>
> juicier and sweeter. Just like apples, they're also used in placenames<br>
> (Perry in the UK
is an interesting example) and familynames (many<br>
> Jewish Birnbaums). Besides, they seem to have one very interesting<br>
> property...placed next to a banana they're said to ripen much faster<br>
> than usual. Anybody know what triggers this? Banana perfume? Pear<br>
> hypnosis? ;=)</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">You can ripen pretty much
any fruit by placing it in a bowl of ripe<br>
fruit. I believe this is because most plants use the same chemical for<br>
synchronising the ripening of their fruit.<br>
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I also much prefer pears to apples, although the quality of the pears in<br>
the supermarkets seems very poor to me (probably true of most of the<br>
fruit they sell!).<br>
<br>
Good perry seems to be harder and harder to find. Luckily living in the<br>
West Country here there are still places where it's made locally. Of<br>
course there's plenty of reconstituted "pear cider" about if you're<br>
really stuck and desperate!<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
Sandy Fleming<br>
<a href="http://scotstext.org/" target="_blank">http://scotstext.org/</a></span></p>
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