Word: seybert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That prediction is already coming true. According to Harold Seybert, owner of Fairway Fruits & Vegetables on Manhattan's West Side, such fruits as papayas, mangoes and kiwis can no longer be considered exotic. "I sell 100 cases of kiwis a week, with 33 in each case. That's 3,300 kiwis," he marvels in disbelief. "The yuppies will buy items that are different, regardless of price." Pointing to a Mexican green-skinned cherimoya ($6.50 each), which resembles a large hand grenade and tastes like a creamy apple (hence the , nickname custard apple), Seybert says, "I sell 80 lbs. a week...
...offerings meet with equal success. Among recent marketing failures at Fairway, Seybert cites the ugli, a yellow, rough-skinned fruit from Jamaica that looks like a woebegone grapefruit and tastes like a second- rate...