Readers’ Corner: Ordinary Fruit

I like fruit very much. These days, many new brands of special fruit are lined up on shelves at supermarkets. I don’t know how many different kinds of strawberries there are in Japan! They have nice shapes and colors, and they taste very good. They compete in sugar content. However, they are very expensive. I wonder why farmers only try to make more luxury fruit. I prefer ordinary fruit. You can buy them at reasonable prices. When I was child, I enjoyed small, slightly sour strawberries with sugar, and I ate small apples without cutting or peeling them. They were not only sweet but sour, too. Sometimes they had seeds, and peeling them was a hassle. Besides, my hands got dirty. But I didn’t care. I miss those fruits. (133 words)