misshestermoffitt
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Interesting tidbit. This time of year everyone is giving away apples, now we all know what to use them for.
Here is a good site that list the Ethylene gas output by a variety of different fruits and vegatables. They state that apples will actually put out more Ethylen than bananas. As the fruit ripens it releases the gas and speeds up the ripening process of the fruit around it. That is where the saying came from that one bad apple can spoil the bunch.
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