A lot of local fruit is available that isn’t industrial scale farming or transport hasn’t been figured out for some very sensitive fruits like Pawpaws. Others, like some cherry varieties, are easily found and shared. Also apple trees that grow in the upper Midwest from generations of native and pioneer orchards long untended.
Most fruit that is indigenous to the US is available wherever and freely, if you ask. But a problem with fruit trees in the US is they are imported by farmers and growers who want to sell those fruits. And like most folks in developed nations, fruit purchased from a store is inherently more trusted for quality than random neighborhood fruit.
Eastern persimmon is abundant if you seek it out. You have to let them blett but they are one of my faves.
Serviceberry is stupid good and starting to be grown as as city tree in many municipalities. Kinda tastes like grapes. It has a super short window and you’ll have to fight squirrels, birds, and my dog for them but botanists and hikers will tell you they are a welcome surprise from May to July depending on where you are regionally.
True! I never cared for persimmon but you’re right it’s got a native variety.
Native species, not variety!
I wonder if they vary by species? The serviceberries I have do not taste like grapes though I do like them. They taste like almond blueberries to me.
True but you are technically stealing or breaking park rules in most places if you pick it.
Pretty sure in California, if it is reachable from a public place, it’s OK to pick, but if you went into a gate or something and took it, then it is theft. I assumed this was the case for the whole country.
Relevant: fallingfruit.org
Big Citrus be downvoting.
The title is objectively wrong
It’s clickbait but obviously not meant to be taken literally. If you watch the video you will understand what is meant by it, that US governments and other powers restrict access to fruit trees that would otherwise be commonly available.
Should I change it and if so to what?
I understand the complaint. Obvious clickbait is just as bad as any other type of clickbait. Everyone is tired of it.
It would be more truthful and impactful to ask why the US is so hostile towards fruit trees and the free food they provide.
Yeah I get it. I just didn’t have the energy to write a new one lol.
It is especially hard to pick free fruit in the US. Why is that?
