# Did anyone else think this was a particulary crappy year for fruit?

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**Created:** [November 22, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-this-was-a-particulary-crappy-year-for-fruit/674495 "2013-11-22T03:49:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-this-was-a-particulary-crappy-year-for-fruit/674495/21 "2013-11-26T22:40:24Z")

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Navel oranges have been hit or miss

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**Author:** ![tadtooornamental](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@tadtooornamental](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tadtooornamental)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-think-this-was-a-particulary-crappy-year-for-fruit/674495/22 "2013-12-01T02:14:39Z")

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> [@Elemenopy](#):
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> On that note, I have also had bad luck with cucumbers. Bitter, and half the time seem to go soggy before I can eat one.

I actually went through a period of about 3 weeks this summer where I was eating 3 or 4 (small) cucumbers a day, they were so good. My local farmer’s market, which is admittedly pretty sucky every year, was especially so this year, but everyone had cukes and they were all phenomenal!

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