| 41. | Check the area around the stem, the last part to ripen.
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| 42. | Last week's column considered the best ways to ripen mangoes.
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| 43. | Mangoes ripen much faster than if left sitting out at room temperature.
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| 44. | Mangoes will ripen in a paper bag if not picked too soon.
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| 45. | In fact, it often ripens and deepens into something more meaningful.
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| 46. | However, it takes seven days to ripen, rather than three.
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| 47. | Red types are more acidic, but also ripen earlier.
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| 48. | Allow the pods to fully ripen and dry before collecting.
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| 49. | Does the size of the cucumber left to ripen matter?
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| 50. | Bartletts ripen in late summer, along with peaches and Gravenstein apples.
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