My husband bought a Coosaw Farms seedless red watermelon for $3.50 at Produce Junction in Wilmington DE - not a bad price but it was the worst melon I ever saw - it was soft and squishy on one half of it and caved in like a deflated basketball with a slight touch. I sat it on the counter in a big bowl and four hours later the bowl was filled with a clear smelly liquid - looked like more than the volume of the whole melon! When we cut the top off the insides were a disgusting mush - totally liquified. I returned to ask produce junction for a replacement and chose the second melon more carefully. It’s flesh was darker red than any melon I ever saw and the fruit is chewy and tough and does not even small or taste like watermelon. Smells a little like melted plastic. Not sure if bad weather or transportation or what made this brand of melon so disappointing but it is the first time in my 55 years I ever had a watermelon that I absolutely could not enjoy at all. Makes me wonder what is in the water you use on this farm and what kind of fertilizers you use. Definitely NOT a good organic natural tasting fruit. I will avoid this brand...
   Read moreEasy on and off highway. When you enter, there will be a scale on your right. Go ahead and get on the scale empty and look to your left for the shipping clerk to give you a thumbs up. Pull forward when you get the thumbs up and walk to the shipping desk and check in. Make sure you're pre cooled to 38-40 and have a clean trailer. Very fast loading, about 30 min per truck. Once done loading, go back to the scale and weigh again and receive...
   Read moreA few years ago a co worker shared some of the blackberries I had taken to work with me ... and let me know that this is not how blackberries were supposed to taste. I didn't know better. These were the blackberries in the store. They were fine. But this week I picked up a packet of Coosaw Farms blackberries from my Publix and ... wow. Now I get it. I have not ever had a good blackberry -- till now. Kudos to Publix and...
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