For South Florida mango lovers, this season is particularly sweet.
If you have a mango tree or two, chances are you’ve been scrambling in the sweltering heat to stay ahead of the squirrels, serving mangoes at every meal and lugging bags of fruit to work.
An unusually cold December and record dry season were the perfect recipe for “one of the better years,” for the golden beauties, said Louise King, president of the Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida. “It’s absolutely wonderful for mangoes. They look like jewels hanging from the trees.”
Their flavor is exceptionally sumptuous, too.
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