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Sweetly and subtly perfumed...so soft it is best eaten with a spoon, a tenderness more appealing to gourmets than to those who have to pick, ship, handle and store it in constant fear of ruinous spoilage.
Waverley Root
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Waverley Root
Age: 79 †
Born: 1903
Born: April 15
Died: 1982
Died: October 31
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Rhode Island
United States
Waverley Lewis Root
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