Fall is coming, with the prospect of frost, so you decide to pick the last tomatoes on the vine even though they are still green. If you wanted to ripen these tomatoes, which method would be most effective?
A)Put all the green tomatoes in a closed paper bag.
B)Put the green tomatoes in a dark closet, but with a flash of light about every 4 hours.
C)Put the green tomatoes in a plastic bag with an overripe apple.
D)Store each green tomato in a separate plastic bag and put them in the dark.

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Option C is most effective because apples release ethylene gas, which helps ripen fruit. This method traps the ethylene gas inside the plastic bag, which speeds up the ripening process. Option A (closed paper bag) and option D (separate plastic bags) also work, but they are not as effective as option C. Option B (dark closet with flash of light) may actually slow down the ripening process instead of speeding it up.

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