That's the same problem I have.
At my biggest market you aren't allowed to "sample" anything you need to cut. Killed heirloom sales because they usually aren't " store perfect". Halved melon sales too. It's the taste that sells both of them.
At another market we can sample and then the heirlooms sell OK when we have the time to do it.
But at my big market I don't even bother with the big varieties and only take cherries because we can give them samples to taste all the odd colors and such.
It's a shame govmt gets in the way of common sense. All the rules get made after big corporate idjits goof up. But it's us small guys that always suffer.
Carol
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