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During packing we were still checking all the pears for injuries ("stem punch", caused by other pears), since apparently it would spoil the whole box if there w
by kaybe 14y ago
During packing we were still checking all the pears for injuries ("stem punch", caused by other pears), since apparently it would spoil the whole box if there was a bad one. (Packing pears in New Zealand for export to Europe and the US) - On a commercial and longterm scale you apparently still have to take care.
- jlgreco 14y agoRotting fruits release ethylene gas which is a ripening agent. This causes fruit next to rotting fruit to ripen then rot. An interesting mechanism I think. Before looking that up I would have suspected a biological transmission of infection or something, not a chemical transmission.