It's more like that was the higher standard. Peasants didn't even get to taste it (on that note, they could barely even get meat, because hunting was forbidden on royalty's lands, which was... everything).
You can trust me when I say organically grown (i.e. as nature intended, no breeding, no insecticides, no pesticides, etc) is not something to admire.
I have fully organic cherries (ruined from a week of rain), raspberries and strawberries (decent, but really small) and potatoes (frankly horrifying to the eye, but edible) in my garden.
Apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, sweet melons, watermelons, yeah they taste good but not that great, and they look much worse.
I guess it's a tradeoff between taste and looks, if you don't like the occasional worm in a smaller than average fruit, you better just go with the "non-organic" stuff.
I'm not sure if you have ever been to Italy or California. The climate has a lot to do with the taste of Fruit. I've had some awesome tasting fruit from farmers markets in both places. Generally the stuff I'm able to get in the grocery store here in Canada is unripe, and very poor quality. Looks good, tastes bland 90% of the time. Has to do with the varieties being planted optimized for shipping, refrigeration, and so on.
You can trust me when I say organically grown (i.e. as nature intended, no breeding, no insecticides, no pesticides, etc) is not something to admire.
I have fully organic cherries (ruined from a week of rain), raspberries and strawberries (decent, but really small) and potatoes (frankly horrifying to the eye, but edible) in my garden.
Apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, sweet melons, watermelons, yeah they taste good but not that great, and they look much worse.
I guess it's a tradeoff between taste and looks, if you don't like the occasional worm in a smaller than average fruit, you better just go with the "non-organic" stuff.