If healthy, pest-free fruit are on the ground, they are probably ripe. Stems prepare to separate. When an apple or pear is ready to pick, the stem swells and creates a weak point that will separate from the branch when the apple is lifted. If the apple is not ready, the stem will bend and the fruit will not separate.
anÂ·aÂ·lyte. (an'Ä-lÄ«t) A material or substance the presence or concentration of which in a specimen is determined by analysis. analyte. a substance or material to be analyzed; a molecule to be analyzed by mass spectrometry.
Anal retentiveness. The term anal retentive (also anally retentive), often abbreviated to anal,[1] is used to describe a person who pays such attention to detail that it becomes an obsession and may be an annoyance to others, potentially to the detriment of the anal-retentive person. The term derives from Freudian psychoanalysis.