Ripe fruit Responds. We are so used to being turned down when we try to share Jesus with people that we cannot get the taste of it out of our mouths, but that taste is simply the taste of green fruit. Fruit that is ripe responds differently. People who are ready to respond to the gospel are ripe fruit. Jesus said the fields are white & ready for harvest. If we stop trying to pick green fruit we will enjoy the gospel a whole lot more.