Fruit dehydrators should accept 5 of different quality fruit

[asor]

It would just be nice if fruit dehydrators accepted 5 of different quality fruit since my trees never produce enough of the same quality. I feel like I wait weeks to be able to dehydrate anything so it's frustrating to use. Makes me feel like it isn't worth it :). I still do because I like the machine and making use of fruit trees more.

 

[Freizeitfarmer]

To collect many fruits of the same quality type needs a while in the beginning.
So maybe the dehydrators should count all fruits (with different quality) as the type of the lowest quality you use in the mix!?
Unfortunately, quality is not being taken into consideration at the moment anyway., see posts here:

https://forums.stardewvalley.net/threads/community-wishlist-for-1-7-update.38133/page-3#post-192842

https://forums.stardewvalley.net/threads/the-dehydrator-lessens-the-value-of-some-crops-original-value.48005/

https://forums.stardewvalley.net/threads/machine-quality-and-skill-bonus-suggestion.43336/

I suspect that this is not currently the case because it has something to do with item management in the game mechanics. Internally, fruits of the same type but of different quality are actually considered different fruits in the game mechanics.