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More mangos than you ever saw before, perhaps? It is June and the Northern Indian summer has set in with its sweltering, unforgiving heat. In India mangoes are the fruits grown the most. It is also a favorite among the residents. In the early summers mangoes are plucked and sold to the vendors and wholesale buyers. Mango farming is India is a big deal like this farm in North India. A clean and fresh mango farm under sunny skies in Pavli Khas Village, Uttar Pradesh. Mango trees covering the landscape. Mangoes of different varieties can be seen. Mango plucking must also be quite an affair with farmers moving around the farm in cycles and plucking the fruits with a wooden pole and a hook at the end. Heaps of the mangoes are laid out after plucking and sorted according to size, quality etc. T
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