Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> I have a theory that you have to live where the fruit is grown. I've
>> hardly ever had a fresh apricot in the Eastern US that was worth eating.
>> Come to think of it, I prefer dried apricots too :-)
>>
>
> Good theory. I like dried, by wife likes fresh. She grew up with a fig
> tree. The ones in the store, aside from being very expensive, are not
> nearly as good as fresh from the tree she tells me.
>
>


Just like tomatoes--fresh from the back yard are so much better than
those from the store because you pick them dead ripe, not hard and
greenish so they will survive shipping. It's true of every fruit you
can think of. Full flavor/sugar develops best on the tree.

gloria p