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[Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>]

>  you can pick off the tree
> and roll them in the box without sorting.

Is this why a box of gorgeous-looking peaches I bought last year 
looked like they had been used for bowling balls when they ripened 
enough to bottle?  Bruised all over.

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Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil