Sunday, April 4, 2010

Seedless Fruit

This post is based on a comment by reader Matthew Garland. Suggestions for posts can also be sent to metaist.blog@gmail.com.

Fun Fact
The term "seedless fruit" is a botanical contradiction in terms because "fruit" are typically defined as having seeds.


(Photo: calliope1 at Flickr)

Commentary
According to Wikipedia, seedless fruit are the result of either:
  1. fruit that develops unfertilized (parthenocarpy), or
  2. aborted ovules or embryos that didn't produce mature seeds (stenospermocarpy).
The former gives us seedless cucumbers, the latter gives us seedless grapes and watermelon.

Meta
Does anyone know if Fruitarians are for or against the reproductive rights of fruit?

2 comments:

Matthew said...

You should do an article on Breatharianism.....

littlehobbit said...

As long as all participating fruit are consenting, mature fruit procreation is acceptable. Cavorting with underripe fruit is a no-no. All safeguards against seed spillage must be taken.

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