PEAK LEAF SEASON HERE IN BREVARD!
According to the Weather Channel – Western North Carolina is in PEAK leaf season. Looking out my window the colors are all around – bright reds, yellows. oranges. Click on the picture below to see the Weather Channel’s map:
FUN FACT:
What do autumn leaves and ripening bananas have in common?
The green color in unripe bananas comes from chlorophyll, the same pigment that gives green leaves their color. As bananas ripen, the chlorophyll breaks down and disappears, revealing the yellow color which has been there all along. The yellows and oranges of autumn leaves are also revealed as their chlorophyll breaks down. Of course, other changes also occur as bananas ripen: the starches change to sugar and the flesh softens as pectin (a carbohydrate) breaks down.
