Why do home-grown fruits tend to taste better than mass-produced consumer fruits?
"Industrial" fruits and vegetables are not grown as much for flavor as for convenience, pest resistance, appearance, resistance to peel problems, resistance to bruising, etc. etc. Profitability is the main consideration.

There are many varieties of apple grown in orchards that taste wonderful (better than my grandmother's gnarly green apples) but don't hold up to shipping and storage well.

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