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AP PHOTOS: From a flower in Kashmir comes a precious spice

by Dar Yasin
| November 14, 2020 9:30 PM

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Cradled by low mountains and spread across a vast expanse of small, fertile fields, a sea of purple flowers opens in Himalayan Kashmir to produce one of the world's most precious spices, saffron.

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