First of the season California cherries - today in Dixon (Pedrick Rd. fruit stand) $2.49/lb. Already bagged in 2+lb bags - mixed degrees of ripeness, but who the eff cares - at $2.49 and available, yay. A few minutes earlier, while driving on I-80, I had mentioned that the cherries should be ready soon, and I don't think today's rain should affect the ripening crop. And voila, within a couple of minutes, one of the signs on the side of the freeway said "Cherries $2.49/lb" and we got two lanes over, exited, and bought a bunch of stuff, including cilantro at 25¢ a bunch, artichokes, onions, yellow bell peppers, blueberries (first that I've seen not imported all year), an orange cauliflower, and another thing or two.

Yes you haters, you hate California until we export all this deliciousness to you :p

Not sure about the others, but I don't hate California for shipping stuff our way. I just don't buy it because they're usually on the verge of being overripe by the time it hits markets here.

Our blueberry season is about over. They weren’t very sweet this year. I saw California cherries today at Publix for the first time this year. They were priced at $4.99 a pound. I also bought the first US grown peaches this week - it’s been at least a month since the last of the South American crop disappeared from the shelves. They were $1.34 a pound.

I only buy Jumbo blueberries. They aren't everywhere but not hard to find. They are extra big and more expensive but always excellent.

I love and buy all blueberries, but my local Winco yesterday had super fresh jumbos 18oz for $3.99. USA grown. Super food you know. ;)

We are only about 4 miles away from a blueberry farm (grove? Orchard?) where you can pick your own. We receive berries from there every year from friends and neighbors who go to pick them. I’d say they are “medium”. My best memories are picking wild berries in New England as a child; blueberries as well as strawberries. They were tiny, but oh so tasty!

I got 2lbs/$5 cherries (allegedly from California) from my favorite street fruit guy yesterday. And since blueberries have entered the chat already, I will add that I also got 2 boxes of Driscoll’s “ Sweetest Batch” blueberries, also 2/$5. I had thought Sweetest Batch was just a marketing trick to charge more but I have to say all the berries I have had branded as such have indeed been very good.

It is peak of our short season here, so the odds are good that you're eating "Real California Fruit" :D

That's an amazing price for Sweetest Batch....they are usually the most expensive and even more than Jumbo.

One of the online grocers here (Fresh Direct) has the Sweetest Batch Blueberries for $12 per box 😮

They are $7,99 here. $12!!! Yikes.

We have generic blueberries here this week for $2.99 +tax for a quart... And they're not pretty. Haven't even seen cherries yet.

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Guess where.

As I scrolled down, my first thought was Brazil and my second thought was Portugal :D

Same street vendor had 2lbs/$5 red cherries and $3/lb white cherries today, all looking pretty good. I ended up sticking to berries though as he also had 3 boxes/$5 sweetest batch strawberries. I admit they are not perfect in this heat but they should be fine for chia jam or triage and freeze this evening. Was also tempted by the 4/$5 sweetest batch raspberries but those were already soup.