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Comment by darkarmani

4 years ago

> A bad apple does not spoil the bunch, as it were.

What? That's exactly how it works. A bad apple gives off a lot of ethylene which ripens (spoils) the whole bunch.

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xdavidliu  4 years ago

Ethylene comes from good apples too and is not a bad thing. The thing that bad apples have that spoils bunches is mold.

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