• ChicoSuave
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    A lot of local fruit is available that isn’t industrial scale farming or transport hasn’t been figured out for some very sensitive fruits like Pawpaws. Others, like some cherry varieties, are easily found and shared. Also apple trees that grow in the upper Midwest from generations of native and pioneer orchards long untended.

    Most fruit that is indigenous to the US is available wherever and freely, if you ask. But a problem with fruit trees in the US is they are imported by farmers and growers who want to sell those fruits. And like most folks in developed nations, fruit purchased from a store is inherently more trusted for quality than random neighborhood fruit.

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      Eastern persimmon is abundant if you seek it out. You have to let them blett but they are one of my faves.

      Serviceberry is stupid good and starting to be grown as as city tree in many municipalities. Kinda tastes like grapes. It has a super short window and you’ll have to fight squirrels, birds, and my dog for them but botanists and hikers will tell you they are a welcome surprise from May to July depending on where you are regionally.

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        True! I never cared for persimmon but you’re right it’s got a native variety.

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        I wonder if they vary by species? The serviceberries I have do not taste like grapes though I do like them. They taste like almond blueberries to me.

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          19 hours ago

          Could be! Could also be I am bad at tasting and you are more accurately describing the taste!

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        Pretty sure in California, if it is reachable from a public place, it’s OK to pick, but if you went into a gate or something and took it, then it is theft. I assumed this was the case for the whole country.