In a message dated 8/5/99 4:16:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, slfawx@ucdavis.edu writes: > Ours are soft, almost squishy, when they are at their sweetest. That's > assuming the birds & squirrels haven't gotten to them first. Same with ours. Not one was eaten by a human this year. One day they were green, but not quite ready to pick. The next day they were all gone! Anne in FL zone 9b