1. Bosc pears are sweeter and more flavorful earlier in the ripening process than other pear varieties

2. For the ripening process to go well the temperature and humidity of the storage room must be carefully controlled.

3. Most of the lactose is dissolved in the whey, and the remainder is converted to lactic acid during the ripening process .

4. To speed up the ripening process, you could set them on a sunlit windowsill or you could keep them at room temperature in a bowl with a ripe tomato or banana or in a closed brown paper bag for a few days.

5. Allelopathy is understood to mean the influence exerted by fruits and vegetables on other plants through the gases they emit, such as carbon dioxide (CO 2), ethylene (ethene, C 2 H 4), and aromatic substances which reach their peak at the climacteric (time of maximum respiration).A concentration of 0.02% ethylene in air may accelerate the ripening process by 4-10 times.