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Have you bit into an heirloom apple so crisp and bracing, so fresh and tart, that it puts Granny Smith to shame? Have you ever slipped a date across your lips that is so sweet and buttery that it melts in your mouth and leaves you weak in the knees?
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Nabhan, G.P. (2018). Urban Growers and Rare Fruits. In: Food from the Radical Center. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-920-3_12
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