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PEAR MARKET COLLAPSES

Every other day I have two pears for lunch.

I prefer the D'Anjou. You buy it green. It takes a few days to mature. When it is soft to the press of your thumb it is ready to eat.

I will go for other types if I have to. The red D'anjou is nice but overly sweet. It doesn't keep as well.

Then there is the Bartlett. Doesn't keep at all. Bruises too easily.

The Bosc? Good for the fall. Good in a pinch. These are ready when the stem end gets wrinkly.

I went to the market Friday and there were no pears at all. The only good news, sort of, is that the Bartlett harvest is expected in the next few weeks.

So, I broke down and went to Ralphs (Kroger). They still had some. I bought eight D'anjous. That, plus the ones I have will, last ten days.

What happened?

Trouble with the immigrant picking crews. They were hindered from coming across.

I knew this would happen. I remember reading about it.

It is those goddam Minutemen and other militant border guardians.

The bushers too. Clamping down on workers.

It is so misguided. Pears, my pears, rot on the tree because these bastards won't pursue a reasonable documented worker program.

I won't see any of them going out to pick this year's crop.

Shortsighted jingoistic bastards.

So now, it will be soft fruit. Plums, peaches. That is OK but not the same and I want my pears.

Labels: agriculture, evil bastards, republican whack jobs