On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:33:57 -0400, George >
wrote:

>On 7/7/2012 7:43 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:53:12 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>> Mal, I feel your pain - BTDT with key limes... I like the idea of the
>>> "juicer" nb posted, but AFAIC it would not have worked on the key
>>> limes I juiced and probably not yours either. Limes (regular or Key)
>>> just aren't very juicy these days unless they come off a tree in the
>>> backyard... even microwaving them for a few seconds doesn't improve
>>> the juiciness factor. Sad, but true. They're picked too green....
>>> and I don't know why.
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>> Much of our produce is picked too soon these days. It allows for
>> longer shipping and storage times. Most store bought produce no
>> longer has much flavor though. It has been years since I've had a
>> really good banana. Seedless watermelons have nowhere near the flavor
>> of the bid seeded ones. I bet millions of Americans have never had a
>> really good peach, strawberry, or cantaloupe unless they get them
>> right from the farm.
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>Agree on the seedless watermelons being almost tasteless. We decided not
>to bother buying them anymore. I recently got some great round seeded
>ones from a Hispanic market I spotted while traveling. What a difference
>in taste.
>
>The other fruit we don't bother with are those giant super good looking
>strawberries from California that are almost totally tasteless. In the
>case of those I read they were bred for those features. I'll wait for
>the smaller misshapen ones I can get locally in another month.

The best are grown hydroponically:
http://www.simplyhydro.com/strawberries.htm