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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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.