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View submission: When did people start washing fruit?
In the 1950s-60s, our house backed up to the Yale University Experimental Farm (the apple orchard section). About 10 acres of different varieties of apples. Every tree had a couple of 12x12 inch plywood boards attached to them, with some weird sticky stuff sprayed on the boards and a ton of bugs stuck to the boards.
The apples were amazing! Big, round, spotless and delicious. Of course after gaining access via a dug out hole under the 8-foot fence, we picked a few, and gave them a good wipe on our t-shirts before consuming, so no worries there.
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