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gonzo ha scritto:
Thanks for the replies!

The fruit was full price, not discounted, and 1000% it was not frass,
it was rotted. I didn't even use it in my compost, it looked _nasty_!
I'm sure it hadn't sat on the shelf for a season, but who knows these
days..!

I'm not sure the apple had a stem at all.

Perhaps they mantained this peach in the refrigerator under 0°C so that
it appears beautiful outside but inside it looks & tastes like an
ice-cream because its cells are dead and next it also becomes brown.

Most fruit rippens from the outside inwards, except for pears which do
the reverse. If you wait for a pear to appear ripe on the outside, it
is probably rotten inside.

I tend to leave my fruit on the tree (apples and peaches) until they
start to fall to insure maximum sweetness. Most fruit in the stores is
picked when it is not fully ripe (hard as baseballs). Leaving it sit on
the counter to finish rippening may sweeten it up a bit, but the flavor
will not be the same as a tree rippened fruit. I find that certain
apples and peaches will go bad on the tree, so timing is critical.
Peaches will develop brown rot and some apples will get mushy and spoil
on the inside. I know which of my apples do that, so I pick them a bit
early. I lose some of peaches to brown rot, but the ones I can salvage
are sure sweet and flavorable.

Sherwin