By Amy Grant Ever notice how sometimes the bananas at the grocers are more green than yellow? In fact, I buy the greener ones so they can gradually ripen on the kitchen counter, unless I want one to eat of course. If you have ever tried to eat a green one, you probably noticed it was hard and not sweet. The producers of the bananas actually pick them when they are mature, but not yet ripe. This lengthens the amount of time they have to ship them. So what is fruiting maturity? What is Fruiting Maturity? Fruit development and maturation does not necessarily go hand in hand with ripening. Ripening may be part of the fruit maturation process, but not always. Take those bananas, for instance. The growers pick the bananas when they are mature and ship them when they are unripe. The bananas continue to ripen off the tree,
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