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we can enjoy them whenever we get the chance 
to eat them. They are so good!" 
3. " Well, the mango is certainly one of the 
best fruits we have/' said Mr. Hill. People 
who do not live in the West Indies, or other warm 
parts of the world, cannot know how delicious it 
is." 
''Do not the ships take any to them?" asked 
Harry. 
4. ''The ripe fruit cannot be sent a long dis- 
tance, for it would decay on the way ; so in 
many countries the people can only have mangoes 
that have been picked green, and preserved." 
" We have plenty of mangoes in Jamaica," said 
Fred. 
5. " Oh, yes ! the trees are to be found all over 
the island," said his uncle. " And very pretty 
trees they are, with their spreading branches, and 
their long, shiny leaves." 
"Their flowers are not very gay," said Harry. 
6. " No, the flowers are small, growing, as you 
know, in bunches at the end of the branches. 
But if there were no flowers, there would be no 
fruit." 
" How is it that ripe mangoes are not all the 
same colour?" asked Fred. 
7 " It is because a new kind of mango has 
now and then been grown from seed. Seeds, 
