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Harvard-philes who buy grapes in the fall might even find some "Crimson seedless," "a blush-red variety" with "firm, crisp berries with a sweetly tart, almost spicy, flavor," according to the California Grape Commission...
...excited about grapes--grapes are cool," said Mikhail S. Ulinich '99. "I just hope they're seedless...
...fact, according to Givens, Corrin "specializes in seedless grapes"--85 percent of their grape business is seedless...
...Wednesday to beg Secretary of State James Baker to reconsider the ban. In Chile hundreds of workers demonstrated. Trucks loaded with free fruit wound through the streets. Autos sprouted signs bearing the message MY FAMILY EATS CHILEAN FRUIT. President Augusto Pinochet, in full military uniform, popped a few seedless white grapes into his mouth for television cameras...
Things are little better in California, which produces nearly half of America's fruits and vegetables. The Golden State's farm exports dropped 28% from 1981 to 1983, to $3 billion. Bob and Kathleen Hamada, who grow plums and seedless grapes for raisins on 100 acres in Kingsburg in the San Joaquin Valley, are typical of hard-pressed California farmers who have decided to call it quits. The Hamadas have been trying to sell their farm since mid-1983 but so far have attracted only nibbles. Kathleen, 23, has taken a part-time job as a cashier in a movie...