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Why Don't Grocery Stores Stock Pawpaw Fruit? (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can't read the whole article because paywall, but the answer is because it goes bad quickly and is too soft for easy commercial-scale transport.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Because one only grows randomly in the world once the previous user dies, duh. Science has only figured out how to make zoan fruit artificially.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Cuz they ain’t never heard of it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

https://archive.is/jxG6C

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Because...

Now when you pick a paw-paw or a prickly pear And you prick a raw paw, well, next time beware