*** Quoting BOB KLAHN from a message to BARBARA MCNAY ***


 BM> Not shooting, just thinking out loud.  It used to be that
 BM> they processed oranges which were green, to make them turn
 BM> orange.  I didn't think they still did that, but I may be
 BM> wrong.

BK>  I never knew them to process green oranges to turn them orange,
BK>  but it could be the American sources never have seasons when it
BK>  didn't turn cool.

I asked my husband who grew up in Florida and he doesnt recall anything
being ¨done to the oranges at all.  Me, I remember trees in backyards with
them and ¨they were ripe when solid or near solid 'orange'.  Once picked,
they do not ¨change.

Banannas now are another story.  Those are normally picked 'green' and
ripened ¨on the way to the store either naturally, or with a gas (I
misrecall the fgas ¨but it wasnt anything horrible, maybe CO2).

Grapefruit also are a bit different and come in many types.  Some of them
you ¨want to pick when they are still a bit 'green looking' for best
flavor.  I dont ¨think they change much after picking as far as the color
goes.
                                       xxcarol

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