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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2014
Nightshade, Llc, Boise, ID (US);
Caius D Rommens, Boise, ID (US);
Heather M Holloway, Colville, WA (US);
Roy D Holloway, Boise, ID (US);
NIGHTSHADE, LLC, Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A method for modifying a quality of a fruit includes cutting a live stem attached to a live fruit at a cut distance from the fruit, producing a cut end of the stem, contacting only the cut end of the stem with a solution comprising at least one mobile and quality-modifying food ingredient while protecting the fruit from contact with the solution, and keeping the cut end of the stem in contact with the solution for an incubation time sufficient to allow absorption and transport of the food ingredient into the fruit, the food ingredient conferring a modified quality upon the fruit. A system for practicing the method and an edible raw plant product produced by the method are also disclosed.