On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:30:34 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:47:00 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
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>> Not just avocados either. How did they do it? Read on . . .
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>> https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/busin...eel/index.html
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>This probably also means they will take far longer to ripen after
>buying to, as they require ethylene and oxygen to to ripen.
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>-sw

Well, yes, that would be the result of keeping produce items from
spoiling quickly. It's a progression -- unripe, ripe, spoiled.