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Text:
Sixteen Varieties of Gooseberry
by George Brookshaw, 1812
It's only been a decade since
I bought my first avocado.
I still find it hard to imagine
how it once hung on a tree.
Never seen one gooseberry--not
even at the super-supermarket.
Mr. Brookshaw where did
you manage to find sixteen?
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