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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
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Subject: Re: Apples
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Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 04:22:48 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  5 04:22:48 1985
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> 
> Truly incredible. Just this past Sunday, while biking in scenic and
> mildly polluted Bucks county, (near the famed Rigelsville Inn and
> the smelly little town of Bethlehem, PA) we stopped by a farm 
> stand; they had Jonathan apples at a $ for 4 lbs !!
> 
> Apparently the reason why they are so cheap (when available on the
> east coast) is that nobody knows about them. People usually
> want the big-name designer apples.
> 
> prem 

The reason they were cheap was that you bought them directly from the
farmer.  This means that you didn't have to pay anyone to ship them,
store them, wax them, display them, etc.  When you buy directly from the farmer
you get a superior product at a lower price.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..."

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