Facciola and Frieda Caplan. Caplan was nationally known as the “Kiwi Queen” for having single-handedly introduced the fuzzy brown fruit to America.

Facciola and Frieda Caplan. Caplan was nationally known as the “Kiwi Queen” for having single-handedly introduced the fuzzy brown fruit to America.

Posted November 22, 2000

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Lives in Vista in a 400-square-foot cottage

“You’re eating bug excrement.” Stephen Facciola and I are standing in the parking lot of a Middle Eastern grocery in disheartening Anaheim. The streets are eight lanes wide. The blocks, a mile long. The air ...

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