Topic summary
Peaches
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Peach.
Storage
Peaches are climacteric fruits and continue to ripen after being picked from the tree. However, though climacteric fruits continue to ripen nutritional quality may not improve after picking with studies showing Vitamin C content to be higher in peaches when ripened on the tree. Both ethylene and the plant hormone auxin are involved in regulating the ripening process. Though the ethylene antagonist 1-methylcyclopropene can be used to delay the ripening of peaches its use negatively affects the aroma of the fruit.