The question asks "what is the best fruit?" - but the answers only show you what the most widely available fruits are.
Anything that's lesser known or more expensive to mass produce or harder to ship fresh - is a complete non-starter to begin with, regardless of how good it is.
My grandmother once told me, that she had never known strawberries in her childhood. She had known those tiny wild ones - but not the large garden strawberry we today know as THE strawberry.
Her favorite childhood berry was the mulberry - a berry completely unknown to me. Out of curiosity, I tried getting mulberries - but since those grow on trees which only start bearing fruit after 10 years of growth (!!!) - those can't be produced at a commercially viable price point.
It wasn't until years later, that I found a mulberry tree in an old cloister garden, of a cloister that specialized in preserving old strands of plants that were no longer being commercially grown.
They are really tasty! If they were actually available, I could easily see them become just as popular as other berries.
Out of curiosity, I tried getting mulberries - but since those grow on trees which only start bearing fruit after 10 years of growth (!!!) - those can't be produced at a commercially viable price point.
That doesn't seem to follow. If nothing else, there are a lot of existing mulberry trees.
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Funny.
The question asks "what is the best fruit?" - but the answers only show you what the most widely available fruits are.
Anything that's lesser known or more expensive to mass produce or harder to ship fresh - is a complete non-starter to begin with, regardless of how good it is.
It's also unlikely that an unpopular fruit would win a popularity contest.
My grandmother once told me, that she had never known strawberries in her childhood. She had known those tiny wild ones - but not the large garden strawberry we today know as THE strawberry.
Her favorite childhood berry was the mulberry - a berry completely unknown to me. Out of curiosity, I tried getting mulberries - but since those grow on trees which only start bearing fruit after 10 years of growth (!!!) - those can't be produced at a commercially viable price point.
It wasn't until years later, that I found a mulberry tree in an old cloister garden, of a cloister that specialized in preserving old strands of plants that were no longer being commercially grown.
They are really tasty! If they were actually available, I could easily see them become just as popular as other berries.
That doesn't seem to follow. If nothing else, there are a lot of existing mulberry trees.
Here where I live they've definitely been completely displaced by berries that grow on just shrubs or even less.