Kathy in NZ wrote:

> and apples and kiwifruit.
>
> There's a fairly recent variety of apple in NZ, called Pacific Rose.
> It's rosy, and very crisp and fresh tasting, but it has no flavour.
> The producers go for looks, rather than taste. And another thing that
> bugs me is new season apples are put into storage for next year, while
> we have to make do in shops with last season's cold storage apples.
> The best are exported, unless you buy from the growers' door.
>
> Don't get me on the subject of exports. Where the best of our produce
> is exported and not available to locals!
>
> As for kiwifruit, which Americans call kiwis, NZ made a fatal mistake
> when we did not protect the copyright to the fruit so that now it's
> grown in many places. So now the industry has developed a new variety
> called Gold, a yellow kiwifruit that is a protected brand. They're
> trying to plug it as a better fruit but to my taste it isn't. It's
> too sweet. I like the tarter green fruit. However, Americans seem to
> like a sweeter taste, from what I've seen, so maybe you will like
> Gold.
>
Not me. I like tart things. So, some of the imported produce
I see here would be welcome in their countries of origin?
That's kind-of perverse.

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Jean B.