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Jean B.
 
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sd wrote:

> In article >,
> (Alex Rast) wrote:
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>>Grapes. No grapes today are worth even looking at. The invention of
>>seedless grapes is the worst violence ever inflicted upon an innocent
>>fruit. And they've shoved out of even local farmers' markets the really
>>good grapes. Everything you find are large, insipid waterbags.

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>
> I've given up on grapes as merely packaged sugar water.


Well, you can get Concord grapes and various other kinds. I
never did care for the seedless ones that are ubiquitous.
>


> At the co-op the other day, I found some locally-grown grapes
> similar to Concords, called Hoeft grapes (IIRC). Small, seeded, but
> they actually taste like grapes. Let's see if they ever show up
> again.


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Sounds worth looking for. My daughter especially likes grapes.
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Jean B.