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To: buwaya

Not sure where our mangoes come from. I actually had a vacation traveling around the Philippines decades ago. Great, safe country then. Maybe still is.
And I saw “South Pacific” again quite recently:

“We got sunlight on the sand,
We got moonlight on the sea.

“We got mangoes and bananas
You can pick right off a tree...”


21 posted on 03/16/2025 4:59:56 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: Veto!

Mangos are a bit tough to pick as they are normally high up on mature trees, which have the best. The mango tree was not designed for easy integration into agro-industry.

Bananas? No problem. Philippines is banana central. Hundreds of varieties, most aren’t commercial. Any little town market will have selections of the local varieties.


24 posted on 03/16/2025 5:24:20 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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