Grapes are among the most heavily sprayed and polluted crops on Earth. Cotton comes out number one, I think. Have suffered the indignities of the fruit fly invasion in my kitchen, I began noticing a strange thing: even the fruit flies don’t eat the grapes! You can leave bunch of perfect, purple globular grapes on the counter in the late summer heat…and nothing happens. Not a spore, nor a fungi attacks them. My daughter once left two half-eaten grapes amongst a handful of unbitten ones…and two days later, discovering them among the beach gear, I was amazed to see them half-eaten but perfect.
So, I present to you a photo-essay of the amazing non-degrading grapes. Using a bunch of grapes bought conservatively two weeks ago (it may be three weeks) and then stored in the fridge until beginning the experiment, I will document their degradation – or not – for your inquiring eyes. I am keeping them in a bowl on the counter, at room temperature. Here’s day 1:
Day 1
