• @SchmidtGenetics
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    7 months ago

    Different cultivars of strawberries? Different growing methods? Theres lots of reasons for the difference.

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        117 months ago

        Thats entirely possible too, less light, less nutrients, less care, I prefer whiter strawberries since they are sweeter than tart myself. But it could just as easily be nurture vs yield as well.

      • @The_v
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        97 months ago

        It’s likely the reverse. The bottom one will have a shorter growing cycle.

        The top one is selected for firmness and shipping. Delayed ripening is usually linked to these traits in climacteric fruits.

        The bottom one is selected for internal color and yield. They can’t be shipped very far though.

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        37 months ago

        Top one is bred to look pretty. There are several large farms that realized people don’t buy ugly fruit, we want the pretty bright red strawberries. After many years, we now have a mass selection of tasteless, pretty fruit to pick from.

    • @The_v
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      In this instance it’s likely a different variety. I would guess it’s a processing variety versus a shipping variety.

      Most strawberries for long distance shipping are bred for a lower degree of softening during the ripening process. This is done by selective breeding for a lower expression of expansin activity. This allows for them to have a shelf life of 3 weeks.

      Processing varities (preserves, freezing, etc) have a very sort shelf life. Often only 3-4 days. They are selected for the deep red color throughout the fruit as well as yield. This deep red color looks better in the finished products.

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        7 months ago

        I grew up on a farm and strawberries were one of the big crops. You might be right but I think the biggest thing is that they are simply picked green. Not 100% green, but as soon as they show a little red, they are picked. They last MUCH longer this way, but at the cost of flavor. There are different varieties, but those two berries look the same (most of the ones you see are the jewel variety)

    • @[email protected]
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      157 months ago

      The biggest deciding factor for one of them is yield + growth speed + profit margin though, there’s no arguing about that

      • @SchmidtGenetics
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        27 months ago

        Not wrong at all and could entirely be the issue, I just know I prefer the white flesh strawberries as they aren’t as tart, but that can be personal preference as well. Even if they are the same cultivar and everything else is equal.

    • @Mango
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      -57 months ago

      Spoken like someone who’s never tasted a real strawberry.

  • @[email protected]
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    667 months ago

    The bottom strawberry has about negative one day shelf life. Freeze or use asap. I get a local variety each year from a stand and they turn fast and are only available for short periods of time in the summer.

    The top strawberry is probably already a few days old and possibly been frozen and thawed more than once in shipment. These are often grown year round so: off season availability.

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      377 months ago

      Yeah the bottom one looks much more delicious but it’s a “buy it and eat it as you walk away from the stand” kind of thing.

      • @Noodle07
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        37 months ago

        Let’s not pretend strawberries aren’t eaten right away once bought, just give me enough time to get the ice cream and the whipped cream

    • The Giant Korean
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      87 months ago

      We have strawberries in our garden, and this is pretty much the case. You either eat/use it when it’s ripe or freeze it.

  • @[email protected]
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    617 months ago

    Mass market fruits are typically underripe when picked so that they can survive transport. Local farms don’t have this issue so they can ripen on the plant.

      • Ephera
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        57 months ago

        Does Walmart not count as a supermarket chain then? Because I thought, that was your biggest offline store by a long shot…

        • @[email protected]
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          97 months ago

          No, Walmart is a big box retail store. It started as a discount department store and expanded into grocery. Supermarkets are grocery stores that also sale non-grocery items. Walmart is the US’s largest grocer and largest retail chain. The Walmart Supercenters are sometimes referred to as hypermarkets.

  • @[email protected]
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    47 months ago

    The white stuff from the left one tastes like cardboard from my experience. I feel like its just dead, empty cell matter or something. Same thing applies to most fruit and veggies.

  • @Kyrgizion
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    47 months ago

    One is hydroculture, the other earth-grown.

    • The Uncanny Observer
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      No, one was picked while ripe, the other was picked beforehand. Store bought fruit can’t be picked at the right time because it will rot before it gets to the shelf, unless that store is buying from local farmers. The farmer can wait to pick it when it’s ready, so you get much higher quality fruit that is more colorful, sweeter, and softer than store bought.

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    27 months ago

    Ah yes, the krogers is far more sweet, looking /s

    I’m assuming that krogers is a chain shop and is the fully res one right?

    • body_by_make
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      27 months ago

      Krogers is a massive chain in the US, they also own other chains like Smiths. The white one is theirs, they taste like air.