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[Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@opusnet.com>]

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:

<snip>
>  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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