Matthew's Journal

What I was trying to get at with the 'never needed to know' remark was that ripening fruit didn't really impinge on my consciousness as I was growing up (unlike snow in winter, leaves falling in autumn, etc), and that since I had no requirement to go and find out the answer, I remain in the default state of 'not knowing'.

I have realised that "know nothing about the seasons of fruit" is a bit of an exaggeration, though -- pick-your-own strawberries was a summertime-ish activity, so that's one I do know. (In fact I seem to have an odd desire to exaggerate in the direction of 'I know nothing' during this conversation, which is not very helpful.)

I do notice these things in some sense ("doesn't this bit look nice when the trees are in blossom", "hmm, blackberries along this lane now") -- but I couldn't tie those memories to a time of year with as much precision/confidence as seemed to be demanded by the original poll.