"gary davis" wrote in message
...
On 6/27/04 8:08 AM, in article ,
"Douglas" wrote:


"Cerumen" wrote in message
...

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in
message
k...
The message
from gary davis contains these words:

Does this mean that here at uk.rec.gardening posters could possibly
discuss
improving soil worldwide?

We could. Have you come across the use of crushed virgin rock as a
source of minerals?

'ere mate this rock salad's all full of coprolites?
Chris Thomas
West Cork
Ireland

My Fave is the mango which of course does not come from the riverbed but
from irrigated land. Only two days old , rosy yellow and superbly
juicy,
sweet and luscious.
So green mangos are out

******
Yes. - that is, if you are saying they are of no further significamce. No
one should eat unripe fruit.
******
Yes and rosy yellow is in? .
******
It has never been out'
******

Will the green mangos ripen over time?

******
In their natural habitat they always ripen. The climate is correct.
******

Why is it that the green mango end up on the store shelf?.
Gary

******
Because green mangoes (or mangos) are harvested before becoming ripe, for
distant markets.
They end up on the shelf because they have been bought, shipped, and put
there by shelf-stackers.
If you cannot already see why they are picked green in this particular case
then I am wasting my time.
In England neither the Supermarket bosses, buyers. distributers or most of
the general public know what a ripe mango, looks like. The first three
groups of traders mentioned have only one thought. Get the produce quickly,
get it shown quickly on the shelves , get it flogged off for money, - at a
profit..
Since they do not know what a ripe mango looks or tastes like and have never
lived in the Countries that grow them, they see mangoes and they are green-
so who gives a damn?, - that's how they are ..--.. er, - innit?.
Doug.
******