Alternate bearing is when mango trees produce a heavy crop one year and then rest the next, which is a real headache for farmers in our hills. Polyembryonic seeds are special because they can sprout multiple seedlings from one seed, and some will be true to the parent tree. Studying this, I can't help but think of my uncle's small orchard in Namchi—he calls the lean years his *aaram ko saal*, but the bank doesn't understand rest. It's the polyembryonic seedlings, the ones that come true, that give small growers like him real hope.
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