My life is quite complicated, even something as simple as going to the grocery store turns into a very interesting and somewhat upsetting experience. 

As I go visit my local Whole Foods, which I believe I frequent more often then is really necessary, I find myself in the produce area.  I reach towards one of my favorite fruits, The Apple, not just any Apple, the Red Delicious Kind, and again, not just any Red Delicious Kind of Apple, but the Organic Red Delicious Kind.  Which, on a good day costs about $1.49 per pound to as much as $3.49 per pound.  To put that into perspective, one apple equals approximately $2.00.  Regardless of the cost, I love these apples. 

Now back to my encounter, the process of picking out Apples is complicated in itself, I have to get 2 bags, one for the apples and the other for my hand, so I can pick up the apples and not contaminate the apples [obviously I know that others do not follow the same etiquette].  Finally, I reach in and look at the little sticker that is placed on the apples [fruits in general] and what do I see, Washington Organic Red Delicious Apples, I get so excited, these apples for me are the best by far. Then as I reach for the second apple, I notice another sticker, that is a completely different brand/company/farm/people/trees/apples and in this case Continent, but still considered to be red delicious, from New Zealand, or somewhere quite far far away from here.  Then the third apple, again, a different label, from another farm within the U.S.A..  All these apples are placed within the same bin at Whole Foods. 

Well, to some people this does not mean much, but to me it is like combining Grapes of the same variety from different Regions to make Wine.  I do not believe that any Winery would even consider doing this, that's why they have their own Vineyards.  So why do Organic Grocers not give us the same respect and place each brand in separate bins, not only do they use this practice with apples but with most of the other fruits as well.  I really don't understand this, even though they are Red Delicious Apples, they all taste different, so why sell them as one kind.  I hope that someone at these Grocery Stores will put a little more effort into this, considering they are charging quite a lot of money for these apples, and its not my job to do the sorting of the apples for Whole Foods or any other Grocery Store...

Variety:    The state of being varied or diversified: 
                Difference; discrepancy.  
                A number of different types of things: a large variety of fruits.  
                A kind or sort.