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[Road's End Farm <organic87@frontiernet.net>]

On Jun 7, 2013, at 3:32 AM, <dwoodard@becon.org> <dwoodard@becon.org>  
wrote:

> Brantley discusses the California stone fruit industry (especially
> Japanese plums), the careers
> and contributions of Luther Burbank and Floyd Zaiger and others, and
> recent developments in Japanese plum hybrids.
>
> He emphasizes the quest for quality as a route to competitive
> advantage.

"Quality" means different things to different people.

I suspect that to most of the large-scale "industry" it means ability  
to ship without bruising, and appearance. To me it means flavor -- not  
just sweetness, but the specific characteristic flavor of that fruit.



-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale