underripe

How to use underripe in a sentence

• Potatoes, underripe, green potatoes are unfit for food; they contain a poisonous substance which renders them actually harmful.

  The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) | Various

• Wild grapes are preferable, but underripe Concords, Catawbas, and other varieties may be used.

  The Laurel Health Cookery | Evora Bucknum Perkins

• Use no water with cultivated grapes, but with underripe wild grapes, cup of water may be added to each quart of stemmed grapes.

  The Laurel Health Cookery | Evora Bucknum Perkins

• Select firm, slightly underripe fruit that is fairly acid and contains a large amount of pectin.

  Every Step in Canning | Grace Viall Gray

• Fruit that is just a little underripe contains more pectin than the mature or overripe fruits.

  Every Step in Canning | Grace Viall Gray