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On 2025-06-02 10:12 a.m., Ed P wrote:
> On 6/2/2025 10:16 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> 
>> For dessert we had fresh local strawberries. We can get imported 
>> berries throughout most of the year, but it is always a special treat 
>> to have the local berries.
>>
> 
> There are many strawberry growers in this area so local is easy to find, 
> but I don't buy them except on rare occasion.  They are picked to ship 
> so they are not as ripe as they should be.  Often, they have white tops.
> 
> Occasionally, I will find some that are all read, not perfect but 
> reasonably edible.
> 
> Bet I used to get from the farmer's market in CT from Rachel's Berries. 
> Picked that day, fully ripe, I'd be eating them on the way home.  No 
> sugar needed.

The only ones worth eating are from your own garden or from "pick-your-
own" growers.