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After reading this string, I have a suggestion:  Ask the local grocer or local fruit seller what do they do with their overly ripe fruit?  I live in the TX hillcountry/wine/ peach country and there are peach growers that throw overly ripened fruit into the compost bin. last year, I went up to my "ranch" with a bunch of 5 gallon buckets and was able to fill them up with overly ripe Fredericksburg peaches that could not be sold.  I had asked a few of the roadside vendors to toss their fruit into the buck and came back a few days later.  had a bunch of fruit. most of which was over ripe but still good.  made peach wine.  Cost of product? Under $20 a bucket