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  • From: Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@opusnet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Apricots from Afghanistan
  • Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 13:52:36 -0700

To the list,

Apparently fruit packers haven't changed in four centuries or so, as noted in this quote from Francis Bacon (1561-1626).

"Like the strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones."

Betty Mayfield

At 09:49 AM 5/8/2009, Melissa Kacalanos wrote:

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Apparently, after apricots are picked for the fresh market, then they're sorted by grade. Then a highly-paid specialist packs all the different grades in the same box, taking care to put the nice ones on top and hide the bad ones underneath. Then they're shipped, paying various bribes along the way, and then they're unpacked and have to be sorted again to get rid of the bad ones from the center of the box.

<snip>
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