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When we drive from Manila to Tagaytay or to Taal Lake or Taal City, we stop at least once along the highway to buy fruits in roadside fruit stands similar to this picture, to satisfy our appetite for fresh fruits. From this picture you can see papayas (unlike those teeny ones in the United States); big long green bananas (we call it "Saging", green bananas are supposed to be cooked, (it is not for raw consumption); yellow bananas come in two sizes, the smaller bananas are very sweet but we have to eat 3 or 4 to fill us up. The big fruit with studded green skin (beside the weigh machine) is "Langka" or jackfruit. The hanging and stringed violet colored fruit is "Mangustin" ( I do not know the name in English). The pineapples are in the front row. The "Santol" (round yellow fruits) are piled above the weigh machine. The mangoes ("Manga") are piled above the pineapple beside the man's back. The red fruit (like giant cherries in the picture, above the mangoes) are the "Rambutan". There are different types of "Kamote" (sweet potatoes), (it's above the "Santols"). The big round white fruit with yellow and white streaks, is a cut jackfruit wrap with clear plastic, it is beside the papayas on the left end of the picture. The bottles contain "Tuba" or coconut wine. Some of the bottles contain palm vinegar. Fruits not in season are not shown. Bananas, coconuts, pineapples and jackfruits are available all year round. Coconuts and corns are usually sold in separate fruit stands. Coconuts require space for unhusking, draining the coconut milk, and space for storing the husks. Corns are usually sold raw and cooked with big cooking vats steaming beside the corns.

I processed the picture in PS with typical picture work flow adjustment for digital pictures.