Alar is used to make apples ripen uniformly, increase their color and maintain firmness.

Ah, fall in New York, when the leaves turn, the apples ripen and legislators' thoughts turn to a pay raise.

The greenish yellow apple with dull red stripes ripens from mid-summer to early fall.

The apples were ripening on the trees in the garden.

The pears and apples slowly ripened, and Nahum vowed that his orchards were prospering as never before.

Unlike captan, daminozide, which is used to make apples ripen uniformly, can not be removed by washing produce, agency officials said.

The chemical, which is used to make apples ripen uniformly and remain crisp in storage, is usually applied in late June or early July.

Those are fresh apples, pear season is over, grapes are ripe, but cherries won't be for another moon, and apples don't ripen until fall.

The trees bloom; the apples ripen; they fall, and the winter comes.

The Government has said that Alar, a growth regulator that makes apples ripen uniformly and stay crisp in storage, poses a risk of cancer.