Climacteric fruit varieties – fruit varieties that continue to ripen after being picked thanks to the ethylene gas that they emit.

Non-climacteric fruit varieties – fruit varieties that don’t continue to ripen after being picked, and thus they stay at the stage of ripeness at which they are when they are picked.

The list of climacteric fruit varieties from the temperate climate and available in the temperate climate:

•   peach
•   nectarine
•   persimmon
•   avocado
•   apple
•   banana
•   pear
•   melon
•   kiwi
•   apricot
•   fig
•   blueberry
•   paw-paw
•   tomato

The list of non-climacteric fruit varieties from the temperate climate and available in the temperate climate:

•   grapes
•   watermelon
•   pineapple
•   tangerine
•   lemon
•   orange
•   grapefruit
•   strawberry
•   pomegranate
•   raspberry
•   blackberry
•   cherry
•   sweet cherry
•   date

The list of climacteric fruit varieties from the tropical climate and available in the tropical climate:

•   dragon fruit / pitaya
•   guava
•   mango
•   mangosteen
•   passion fruit
•   granadilla
•   sapodilla
•   peanut butter fruit
•   papaya
•   mamey sapote
•   egg fruit / canistel
•   lucuma
•   black sapote
•   cherimoya
•   sugar apple
•   custard apple
•   atemoya
•   rollinia
•   soursop
•   star apple
•   marang / tarap
•   chempedack
•   jackfruit
•   breadfruit
•   durian

The list of non-climacteric fruit varieties from the tropical climate and available in the tropical climate:

•   snake fruit
•   jabuticaba
•   rambutan
•   lychee
•   longan
•   tamarind
•   ice-cream bean
•   star fruit
•   white sapote
•   acai
•   coconut