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407. Pulpy Fruits. — The most important tropical fruit 
with fleshy pulp is the date (botanically speaking, a berry). 
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The flowers (and therefore the fruits) spring directly from the main stem 
and the larger branches. 
This is one of the most considerable articles of food for 
the peoples of northern Africa and northwestern Asia. 
The date-palm is very productive, bearing for a century 
