Have you ever seen a mango tree (or pick your favorite fruit tree) that had all these blossoms and blooms on there, only to find out later that the tree produced no fruit? If you have, I think you would agree that it is most disappointing. The reason is that we expect a fruit tree to produce fruit, but what would happen if you found a mango tree bearing oranges, or a cherry tree bearing grapes? You would think that there is obviously something wrong. Why? Because a mango tree is supposed to bear mangos, and a cherry tree is supposed to bear cherries, and a grapevine is supposed to produce grapes.
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