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.

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

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

 CS> Grapefruit also are a bit different and come in many types. 
 CS>  Some of them you want to pick when they are still a bit 
 CS>  'green looking' for best flavor.  I dont 

 CS> think they change much after picking as far as the color 
 CS> goes. xxcarol

 Well, now we all got an education on citrus, and still don't
 know where to get some decent oranges. Well, not around here
 anyway.

 I don't know about the grapefruit, but the rest of what you said
 agrees with my understanding.

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