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Old 21-05-2006, 04:58 AM posted to sci.bio.food-science,sci.chem,rec.gardens.edible
Radium
 
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Default Why Do Ripe Fruits Smell Bad?

Hi:

I notice that many fruit emit foul odors when ripe. What chemicals are
responisble for this?

I hate those odors. That why I like to eat apricots, peaches, and
similar fruits when they are sour, hard, and greenish. When sour, hard,
and greenish, most fruits smell pleasant. When they are too ripe, they
become excessively sweet, grossly-soft up and turn mucus-yellow; this
is when they start to
STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEENK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What causes those immeasureably-foul odors?


Thanks,

Radium