On 2018-03-12 2:51 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 09:15:54 -0400, wrote:
>> Most ripe fruit, especially berries, won't hold up well during
>> shipping so they're harvested while still green.
>> However berries for freezing typically don't need to be shipped, they
>> are frozen in the field, so they would be picked fully ripened. For
>> processed crops like frozen and canned the factory is transported to
>> the fields in large semi trailers. If frozen fruit is sour it's time
>> to change brands.
>
> When it comes to fruit, I only buy fresh mangos and lychees anymore.
> There, sourness never seems to be a problem. But never peaches or
> nectarines.
I live in a fruit belt. I can get fresh raspberries, strawberries,
blueberries, rhubarb, sweet cherries, sour cherries, peaches and more
fresh from farms within a few miles of home. Fresh local produce is
always much better than imported fruit. I love mangoes, but it is next
to impossible to get a nice ripe one here, or even to get one to ripen
evenly. I have pretty well given up and now buy them frozen. The frozen
mangoes may not compare well to the fresh locally grown that you can
get, but they are better than the mangoes I can buy, and not waste.