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the pulp. i.e. the flavour. ^ Sense Every tree has a characteristic juice of its own, which is however specially recognisable in its fruit in the tree as a whole its character is not always apparent. Hence the importance of the flavour (which is seen in the fruitpulp), since it is this which determines the specific character, ^
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