Suggestion
You need to read a book on how to pick fruit.
Contrary to most things fruit is seasonal. It is best when it is cheapest. Tomatoes for example are good now. You could buy them during our winter they were expensive and simply bad.
Cantaloupes-they are best vine ripened. When, they ripen on the vine the stem easily tears from the melon leaving a belly button type scar. The ones commonly offered are cut from the vine.
You see a small part of the vine still attached to the mellon.
At best it will not be great and you need to let it ripen for about a week. It needs to breathe or it will rot. Best done in a wooden bowl.
Apples. If, you buy them now they will not be as good as you would hope. The apples you buy now were picked last fall and have been in cold storage for about 6 months.
A good sense of smell is an asset. I can tell if a display of cantaloupes, pineapple etc is good just by walking by it.
Wife says I smell like a dog not always sure how to interpret that.
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