Ripening

Ripening is when fruit becomes easier to eat. Some fruits, like the tomato or the mango, will continue to ripen after they have been picked. Other fruits, like the cherry or fig, stop ripening once they have been picked.

Ripening Media

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  A bunch of Cabernet Sauvignon wine grapes at varying levels of ripeness

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  Lemons turn yellow as they ripen.

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  Ripening grape tomatoes in multiple stages

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  Ripe Honeycrisp apples on the tree

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  Cultivated blackberries at various stages of ripeness: unripe (pale), ripening (red), and ripe (black)