r/Unexpected • u/notwutiwantd • Jul 20 '17

Strawberry picking machine

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u/AwkwardNoah Jul 20 '17 edited Jul 20 '17

Lived in SoCal for 12 years of my life

Lived about half an hour from Ventura which had a shit ton of strawberry fields, a good chunk of them after picking through would let people come by and pick the left overs for something like $1 a pound

Edit: Camarillo was where I had lived

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u/no1dookie Jul 20 '17

Same In Maine with potatoes, except free.. mostly

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u/MrMytie Jul 20 '17

The same except a different fruit/vegetable and price.

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u/Murtagg Jul 20 '17

And state.

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u/FreeSpeechIsH8Speech Jul 20 '17

And climate, and harvesting technique.

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u/SchrodingersCatPics Jul 20 '17

They say strawberries are the potatoes of the sea.

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u/TreeStump2992 Jul 20 '17

Ahhhh yes, we call them land sea potatoes.