An East Bay man with fruit trees in his yard often mails produce to relatives, but one shipment didn’t quite make it.
This case is a little unusual because it provides a good lesson about what to expect from Priority Mail and whether it’s wise to mail fruit.
He says the fruit will last four or five days in a box and it’s worked perfectly for years. However, not this time. “The fruit was rotten,” he said.
Alcantara mailed 50 persimmons to South Carolina. Three days later, they were still in Beaufort, miles from his son’s house. They arrived a week later and it wasn’t pleasant. “As a matter of fact, the juice was dripping out of the box,” he said.