@hamburgboy,
My statement disowning highbush blueberries wasnt a biological statements so much as it was one of preference. Highbush berries, to me, have a taste that is sweet but not nearly as intense as the barren grown wild varieties mostly grown in Quebec, Nova SCotia,New Brunswick nd Maine. These varietie account for more than 70% of "pie berries" sold in the market. We have a New Jersey Highbush that is kinda watery tasting to me and, by virtue of the natural dyes it contains, a stain on your ahirt can be removed with a bit of water. The lowbush berries,should some spill off your fork, could ruin a shirt for good.
The comparison was mostly about the different "Wild v tame" strawberry and blueberry varieties.
Commercial "Wild" strawberries are grown on farms in plots devoted to them (they are more of a specialty than a money crop. The big commercial grown "humongous" strawberries are almost devoid of taste.
People who buy California berries in the winter should know that their berries were picked pink and bright green two days ago and ripened in a boxcar in a long "lettuce train" using a forced atmosphere of ethylene gas. Strawberry farmers of the Juaquin Valley are not payed for flavor of their product, but wet weight.
So when you complain that your strawberries taste almost as good as the box they came in, youve been hosted to the tricks of modern monoculture ag.