Which detail from the text best supports the inference that one bad apple can spoil all the others? . . it is vitally important to store hard fruit through the whole year. place them carefully in your fruit house or "hoard house" on clean dry straw . . . make sure they are not touching each other . . . turn them very carefully every month to avoid their collecting moisture.

Make sure they are not touching each other.

Explanation:

This is the statement that best supports the inference that one bad apple can spoil all the others. In this text, we learn about the necessary steps that need to be taken in order to store apples. For us to be able to maximize the quality and shelf life of apples, we need to follow certain processes. One of these is the fact that apples should not touch each other. The only logical explanation for this is that if a rotten apple is placed among others, it would spoil them.

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