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Originally Posted by Darren Abbey
I wonder if the varieties for commercial use have been bred to extreme sugar levels to compensate for them never being allowed to ripen fully before harvest.
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They aren't doing a very good job of it at least not in where I live.
I haven't seen a good cantaloupe in the store in years.
Not being picky either.
All cantaloupes are good if you let them get ripe, they are just picked green for shipping.
They know and have trained the customer to except a poor quality product.
You couldn't have given this stuff to a hog farmer 50 years ago.
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