Born and raised in the Central Valley of CA, the place that feeds everyone.
In my Motorola days, my clients were everything from planting to packing.
The best place to service vehicles at one packer was in the cull area.
The riper ones were culled out as the shelf life was too short.
It is not about weight. It is about looks and shelf life.
Customers want good looking product, and most have no clue how it should taste or smell.
Cantaloupe is a simple Mellon. If you look at where the stem is located, it is a simple test.
If there remains any part of a stem, it was not ripe.
The stem separates when ripe, and it leaves a smooth socket.
The flavor is very different, from very little to very high.
Natural ripe is amazing. Grow your own if you can.
There is nothing like a nice, soft, and somewhat mushy peach.
The best flavor is when you can bite a hole in the peeling and just suck out the inside with a gentle squeeze.
When Sam's and Costco hand out samples of fruit, you can always tell the tourists or newcomers as they enjoy the stuff.
The natives not so much, no flavor.
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