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Message: [QUOTE="headfullofbees, post: 251964, member: 408"] I think both are a factor. Brix readings, although basically a sugar rating, often correlate to micro-nutrient density in plants, but as with most fruits, the varieties themselves will vary significantly even if grown in the same soil. Supermarkets want three things from crops: low prices, which usually equates to high yields & short growing times, cosmetic perfection & shelf life, which both tend to mean picking unripe, & falsely ripening. I do not mean picking early in the natural ripening process, & then hindering climacteric ripening; I mean picking well before the ripening process begins, storing & totally falsely ripening them, to the extent that only the colour changes, for example, in tomatoes where the supermarkets are selling red, absolutely unripe fruits & advertising as "sweet & CRUNCHY!!!!" on the packs. [/QUOTE]