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as the seller of 40+ apple varieties i am often asked
if a fruit is "sweet or tart".
my 'nuanced' replies are often unappreciated,
and they usually will buy macintosh anyway.

i try to give out samples as son as someone expresses interest in an apple 
they
have not heard of before.

ncb






Quoting Ginda Kaplan Fisher <list@ginda.us>:

>
> On Oct 24, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:
> >  In the twenty years I've
> > been selling at farmers' markets, I've only ever once been asked,
> > "Which one
> > tastes the best?"
>
> And yet, when I ask people that very question at farmstands, they often
> shrug and say they don't know.  I'm surprised how many people who SELL
> produce either don't taste the goods or are indifferent to flavors.
>
> Ginda