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the mango, whose 



iprovement, came 



y used, either 



-it favourite 



v. The 



tdily 



?non 



e as 



The pittanga, 

 kind of 



and 



juire an 

 tte them. Among 



ALMOND BLOSSOM 



meties, the most popular 

 t nearly black lVu.it The trees, which grow 



!y near the seashore, assume curiously distorted 

 and stunted shapes, and spring from t the 



rocks, often overhanging th< par- 



ticularly noticeable on the road be 

 and the seaside villag a&Htfft 



Grauadillos, the fru 



on-tiowers, some , others 



orange, suggest an exagv , the 



fruit wjien cut has niu ppearance, with 



