Floridays

Long-time resident has roots in Georgia town synonymous with sweet onions

WQCS
Published September 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM EDT
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But when Mary Owen moved to Vero Beach in the mid-1940s, she found locally grown onions that were almost as good as Vidalias.

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