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Tips For Buying Nectarines This fruit, available from June through September from California, combines characteristics of both the peach and plum. Look for: Rich color and plumpness, and a slight softening along the "seam" of the nectarine. Most varieties have an orange- yellow background color between the red areas, but some varieties have a greenish background color. Bright-looking fruits that are firm to moderately hard will probably ripen normally within two or three days at room temperature. Avoid: Hard, dull fruits or slightly shriveled fruits (which may be immature-- picked too soon--and of poor eating quality) and soft or overripe fruits or those with cracked or punctured skin or other signs of decay. Russeting or staining of the skin may affect the appearance but not detract from the internal quality of the nectarine. Courtesy of Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO, 81009 |
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