(1) As the apples begin to ripen , orders go out that all the windfall apples and the main crop later on are to be reserved for the sole use of the pigs.

(2) Acorns and black gum fruits also ripen in autumn.

(3) As the seeds ripen , they begin to extrude from the fruit casing.

(4) The dome-shaped shade displays apples and grapes arranged in a progression of color as the fruits appear to ripen with the seasons.

(5) Plastics may be used early in the season to increase soil temperatures and extend the growing season or to help ripen fruit.

(6) Honeydew melons ripen slowly

(7) Fresh tomatoes can be stored in the fridge, but are significantly better ripened and served at room temperature.

(8) I tell Ray that by the time I'm finished picking one row I'll be able to start over, since more fruit will have ripened by then.

(9) As it ripens in the fall, the fruit often hangs in the tree after all the leaves have fallen off.

(10) If you wanted bananas, he would bring up a bunch of about thirty small green ones from the village for threepence, and put in the kitchen they slowly ripened , a few at a time.

(11) Wheat in Nebraska usually ripens under warm, dry conditions that favor development of quality grain for bread making.

(12) The more rapid development, the better the cheese, some say, while other starter cultures work more slowly and the cheese ripens at a slower pace.

(13) The fruit ripens 73-80 days from full bloom.

(14) Before we release a new blueberry plant, we want to know when the fruit ripens , that the plants grow vigorously, and that they produce high-quality fruit.

(15) The flowers were still as beautiful and bright as the first day I had been there, and the fruit was still ripened to perfection, dangling from the trees.

(16) The fruit drops off before ripening and has poor color.

(17) As the fruit ripens , on or off the tree, its skin becomes less rough and hard, and reveals a yellow colour when scratched, instead of the green which unripe fruit would show.

(18) Fruit ripened on every tree and birdsong filled the air.

(19) And summer gives way to the harvest and the winds of autumn, and the leaves lie dead on the ground and the fruit ripens and rots.

(20) If an unexpected frost occurs, undamaged fruits can be salvaged and ripened .