[Pic] Thoroughly blown out highlights

[Lew Zealand]

If I understand circular polarizers correctly, one would not have helped here as you're shooting into the sun. The polarizer works maximally well at 90° from the sun's location in the sky and the closer you move to either 0° or 180°, the less filtering the polarizer will do. If you want the fruits to glow then, by necessity, you are shooting into the sun so the 2 effects are non-compatible in this case.

When I use my polarizer (sparingly), this seems to be it's behavior.