Fruit Development Quotes

Such a large sweet fruit is a complete marriage, that it needs a very long summer to ripen in and then a long winter to mellow and season it.

There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.

From the egg to the apple.

Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.

Fruits that blossom first will first be ripe.

While other stone fruits grow tender on the surface as they ripen, apricots take an alternate path to maturity, softening from the inside out.

The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall.

A pear is a failed apple.

Some persons resemble certain trees, such as the nut, which flowers in February and ripens its fruit in September; or the juniper and the arbutus; which take a whole year or more to perfect their fruit; and others, the cherry, which takes between two an three months.