ripeness

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And they come in a myriad of shades — a red hue doesn’t always indicate ripeness.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Its tone suggests sumptuous ripeness from the top of its range to bottom.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Another prototype is an autonomous drone that uses vision algorithms to detect ripeness and grippers to pick the fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Tesco is trialling avocado ripeness scanners and fans of the fruit are divided over whether it is a shopping hack or if a squeeze test should suffice.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Turner was right about the ripeness of the outhouse, so he came out for supper, which was as quiet as he had expected.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt