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A Massachusetts firm is sweet on fruit slices, a traditional Passover dessert

Sugar-covered wedges await packaging at Boston Fruit Slices in Lawrence. Sugar-covered wedges await packaging at Boston Fruit Slices in Lawrence. (Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff)
By Meredith Goldstein
Globe Staff / April 16, 2008

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LAWRENCE - During the rest of the year, they might be passed over - no pun intended - for thick slices of chocolate cake and doughy macaroons. But for a week in the spring when Jewish households must be cleared of all things leavened for Passover, these familiar fruit slices are coveted. (Full article: 1043 words)

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