Some fruit can be tested for ripeness easily, and in just a few seconds. A tomato? Color and feel are dead giveaways. A banana? Easy. Other fruits, not so much. Like watermelon, pineapple is a fruit ...

Ripe fruit is a true taste experience. However, at the supermarket or farmers' market, it's not so easy to identify the perfect degree of ripeness. If fruit is eaten too early, you miss out on the ...

Nothing beats the flavor of home grown fruit picked right off the tree in your own yard. For great flavor, however, it's important to harvest fruit at the right time. Some fruit must ripen on the tree ...

Knowing when an avocado fruit is ready to be picked and ripe can be tricky so in this video, I show you how to make picking an avocados in the garden easier! Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The skin of a kiwi will look the same—brown, rough and fuzzy—regardless of whether or not it’s ripe. That said, before picking a ...

It's ironic … in order for farmers to know if their fruit is ripe, they regularly have to pick and analyze pieces of that fruit, reducing their yields. Utilizing a new technique, however, they could ...

Biting into a ripe peach on a hot summer day is one of our favorite pastimes. The way your fingers get sticky and the juice drips down your chin... it's enough to make you forget all about the ...