I usually wait for the pomegranate to have flattened sides, almost like a hexagon before picking it. The seeds are usually already very sweet by then.
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Looks like it came from my trees! 
Sorry but the OP is mistaken. Both peaches and figs are climacteric, i.e., they continue to ripen after being picked. Pomegranates, like citrus, pineapple, most berries, cherries, et al., are non-climacteric- they do not continue to ripen after picking.
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I’d have to say pineapples do ripen after being picked 
you can leave it on the counter at anything alive 55 degrees and they’ll ripen I’ve found. The smell from where it’s cut will tell when it’s perfect.
I agree that peaches can ripen after being picked but i don’t think figs can. Instead figs just get soft but the sugars don’t seem to accumulate afterwards
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Pineapples are non-climacteric. They don’t actually continue to ripen. They start to rot. That process gives the illusion of further ripening but this isn’t the case. Figs do continue to ripen but they also start to spoil fairly quickly. See this:
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Thank you for the photo lol.
Good info. Our ‘26 crop is being eyed by theives, they’ve already sampled a few. Hoping to get them ourselves before the petty thieves. They cleaned out our Nectarines last year, still a month away from ripe.
Side Note: a few years ago, we came across some poms in the refrigerator drawer, forgotten from the previous year. The skin was completely gray & shriveled. We tossed them, but then outof curiosity, i opened one up. I found the sweetest arils ive ever had in my life. We recovered them from the trash and ate them over the remainder of winter. Pleasant surprise.
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