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- From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
- To: 1corey AT bellsouth.net, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:42:05 -0500
>I grow 9000 strawberry plants organically every year, and I can tell you
>that the one's in the supermarket are picked long before they are ripe, and
>unlike a tomato or a banana, a strawberry will not ripen much once it is
>picked. Sure it may be red, but as far as being ripe, they are often far
>from it. I encourage my u-pickers to look for a strawberry that is red all
>the way to the top, and the seeds are "popping" out a bit - then it is
>ripe. The variety does have something to do with it as well, some
>varieties just don't taste that good. I have had trial sections of several
>varieties in the past, and have decided on just one that I, and my
>customers prefer.
>
I'm dying of curiosity.... What variety, please?
Pat
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Re: [Market-farming] strawberry planting
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Re: [Market-farming] strawberry planting,
robert schuler, 02/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] strawberry planting,
Tradingpost, 02/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor,
road's end farm, 02/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor, Graeme Gerrard, 02/14/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor, Old Timin', 02/14/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor, James H. Corey, 02/14/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor, Tradingpost, 02/14/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor, James H. Corey, 02/14/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor, Graeme Gerrard, 02/15/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor, road's end farm, 02/15/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor,
road's end farm, 02/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] strawberry planting,
Tradingpost, 02/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] strawberry planting,
robert schuler, 02/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] strawberry flavor, Pat Meadows, 02/14/2005
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[Market-farming] Back to lovage and leaf celery....,
Pat Meadows, 02/22/2005
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[Market-farming] SunSugar tomatoes,
mmaysen, 02/24/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] SunSugar tomatoes, Tradingpost, 02/24/2005
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[Market-farming] SunSugar tomatoes,
mmaysen, 02/24/2005
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[Market-farming] Self Cleaning Irrigation Water Filters,
TxBeeFarmer, 02/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Self Cleaning Irrigation Water Filters, Willie McKemie, 02/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Self Cleaning Irrigation Water Filters,
Allan Balliett, 02/13/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Self Cleaning Irrigation Water Filters,
TxBeeFarmer, 02/14/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Self Cleaning Irrigation Water Filters, Robert Farr - The Chile Man, 02/14/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Self Cleaning Irrigation Water Filters,
TxBeeFarmer, 02/14/2005
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