Fruit Ripening Guide
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Fruit
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When It's Ripe
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How To Eat
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 Ripe when picked
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 Cut in half and eat insides
Do not eat the seeds
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 soft all over
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 Cut into sections, eat inside flesh
Do not eat the seeds
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 Soft all over, color may not change
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 Cut in half and eat with a spoon. |
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 Soft and easy to peel
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 Peel and eat inside contents. Add to smoothies |
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 Soft all over & darkens in color
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 Peel or cut open, scoop out flesh, skin is edible, do not eat seeds |
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 Ready when picked
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 Bite or cut off outer shell and
suck the thin flesh off the seed inside
Do not eat the seed.
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 slightly soft and squeezable
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 Skin, cut up, and boil
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 Ready when picked
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 Cut in half and
suck sweet white skin around seeds. Seeds may be eaten raw
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 Ready when slightly soft
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 Cut off the outer skin
peel & enjoy
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 Ready when picked
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 Cut or bite off yellow shell. Suck the white flesh off the seed. Do not eat the seed. |
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 Ready when soft
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 Cut in half. Scoop out flesh with fingers or a spoon. Eat flesh around the seeds. Do not eat the seeds. |
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 Ready when picked
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Bite into it or pickle
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 Ready when picked
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 Pop in your mouth and eat the sweet skin and flesh around the seeds. The seeds are edible, but be aware they contain caffeine. |
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 Soft all over
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 Cut in half lengthwise. Scoop out flesh with fingers or a spoon. Eat sweet, creamy flesh around the seeds. Do not eat the seeds. |
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 Soft all over
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 Peel open with hands, scoop out seed(s), enjoy |
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 Ready when red and soft
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 Cut in half, eat red flesh around seeds
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 Squeezeable on all sides |
 Cut open and eat the flesh around the seed. Do not eat the seed. Tastes great in juices. Eat with sweet fruits. |
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 squeezeable on all sides |
 Cut in half, eat the garlicky syrup and any soft flesh on the inside. Do not eat the seed. |
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 Ready when picked
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 Crack open outer shell. Eat the cotton candy-like white flesh around the seeds. Do not eat the seeds. |
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 Ready when picked
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 Eat juicy flesh around seed. Seed not edible
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 Ready when picked
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 Pop into your mouth like a grape
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 Should have strong fragrance
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 Cut into chunks and eat the yellow pods around the seeds
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 Will turn light yellow |
 Can be eaten unripe, but is best when slightly yellow and eaten like an apple. You can peel off the skin and eat the crunchy inside until you hit the core. |
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 Will turn yellow
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 Squeeze juice in beverages and food, you can eat unripe, but is better when ripe
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 Ready when picked
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 Peel off skin, eat flesh segments, do not eat seeds
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 Ready when picked
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 Enjoy as soon as you receive them. Don’t eat shell or seeds. |
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 Ready when picked
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 Enjoy as soon as you receive them. Don’t eat shell or seeds. |
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 Soft all over, some varieties get wrinkly others do not
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 Cut in half lengthwise with knife. Scoop out seed(s), eat with spoon. Best eaten chilled. |
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 Slightly soft & squeezable
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 Cut off skin, eat orange flesh. Do not eat the seed(s).
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 Ready when picked
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 Enjoy as soon as you receive them. Don’t eat shell or seeds
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 Some varieties may stay completely green, others turn colors, and some get black spots |
 Cut off cheeks, score with knife, scoop out flesh with a spoon, peel off skin around the seed, suck off flesh from the seed |
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 Ready when picked
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 Cut in half horizontally and suck the sweet flesh off the seeds. Should be eaten as soon as possible and refrigerated. |
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 Scales will fall off when it’s ready to eat. DO NOT PEEL OFF THE SCALES |
 Eat the white flesh underneath the scales with a spoon. Will ripen in sections over a few days span. Stick in jar upside down to speed up process. |
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 Shake it and if you feel the seed rattle its ready and should smell pungeant
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 Peel open at the splitting seems. Be careful not to stab yourself with the sharp spikes. Eat creamy flesh |
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 Soft and super squishy |
 Use as an ingredient or cheese replacement
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 Soft all over and completely yellow
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 Cut in half with a knife, scoop out seeds eat orange flesh |
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 wrinkly/dimples |
 Cut open with knife, squeeze into a juice or on top of sweet fruit to add flavor and a hint of sour |
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 ready when picked/strong smell |
 Cut off the crown, cut off the outer skin, Cut slices off the core, chop into chunks, eat with a fork |
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 soft all over and strong smell
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 Cut in half and scoop with spoon. Skin and seeds are edible and safe to eat
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 Ready when picked
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 Enjoy as soon as you receive them. Don’t eat shell or seeds
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 Ready when picked
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 Cut in half and eat inside with a spoon
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 Rollinia
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 Ready when picked
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 Cut into sections, eat inside flesh
Do not eat the seeds
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 Soft all over
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 Peel in half with your hands, scoop out seed(s), enjoy with your mouth or a spoon |
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 soft all over
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 Peel off skin or cut in half and enjoy the white flesh inside. Do not eat the seeds |
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 Ready when harvested
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 Eat as soon as possible.
Crack open shell and eat the inside contents. |
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 Ready when picked
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 Cut in half horizonally, scoop out seeds, eat inside with a spoon. |
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 Ready when picked
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 Pop into mouth like blueberries
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 Ready when soft
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 Peel off outer scales or peel open with hands and eat the sweet flesh around the seeds.
Do not eat the seeds.
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 Ready when harvested
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 Cut the hard outer skin off and chew the sugary inside fibers. |
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 Ready when picked
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 Cut in half and eat juicy insides
Outside skin is bitter
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 Soft all over
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 Bite into it
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 Ready when soft
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Peel or cut open with hands or knife.
Eat the creamy inside with your fingers or a spoon.
Do not eat the seeds.
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 Peel open and eat or
cut in half and scoop with a spoon
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 White Sapote
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 Soft all over |
 Cut in half, eat flesh inside, do not eat the seed(s)
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 Wompee
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 Ready when picked/brown
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 Skin is sweetest part, eat skin and insides. Do not eat seed(s)
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 Ready when picked
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 Peel open and eat or
cut in half and scoop with a spoon
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