i was eating a strawberry and was suddenly bowled over by a profoundly
puzzling fact. ever notice the seeds on the strawberry are on the
outside? but why?
all fruits have the seeds on the inside. take a blueberry, grape,
cherry, apple, tomato, etc. etc.

why do strawberries have the seeds on the outside? it's like a guy
with sperm on the outside of his ballsack. that shit is weird.

meat n potatoes wrote:

i was eating a strawberry and was suddenly bowled over by a profoundly
puzzling fact. ever notice the seeds on the strawberry are on the
outside? but why?

Because it works as well as other approaches in attracting birds and small
(and large) mammals who eat the fruit and spread the seed?

all fruits have the seeds on the inside. take a blueberry, grape,
cherry, apple, tomato, etc. etc.

"All fruits". Heh.

why do strawberries have the seeds on the outside? it's like a guy
with sperm on the outside of his ballsack. that shit is weird.

Go have a look at cashews.

Henriette

--
Henriette Kress, AHG * * * * * * * * * * *Helsinki, Finland
Henriette's herbal homepage: http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed

meat n potatoes wrote:

i was eating a strawberry and was suddenly bowled over by a profoundly
puzzling fact. ever notice the seeds on the strawberry are on the
outside? but why?
all fruits have the seeds on the inside. take a blueberry, grape,
cherry, apple, tomato, etc. etc.

why do strawberries have the seeds on the outside? it's like a guy
with sperm on the outside of his ballsack. that shit is weird.

(And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to
rec.gardening for cross-trolls...)

Derek Janssen (ironic, isn't it?)

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:22:31 +0200, Henriette Kress
wrote:

meat n potatoes wrote:

i was eating a strawberry and was suddenly bowled over by a profoundly
puzzling fact. ever notice the seeds on the strawberry are on the
outside? but why?

Because it works as well as other approaches in attracting birds and small
(and large) mammals who eat the fruit and spread the seed?

all fruits have the seeds on the inside. take a blueberry, grape,
cherry, apple, tomato, etc. etc.

"All fruits". Heh.

why do strawberries have the seeds on the outside? it's like a guy
with sperm on the outside of his ballsack. that shit is weird.

Go have a look at cashews.

All cashews are male, right?

Xref: kermit rec.arts.movies.current-films:537894 rec.gardens:268394 rec.gardens.edible:68621 uk.rec.gardening:191726

In article , meat n
potatoes writes
i was eating a strawberry and was suddenly bowled over by a profoundly
puzzling fact. ever notice the seeds on the strawberry are on the
outside? but why?

It's because the bit that develops into the fruit is underneath the
seeds

all fruits have the seeds on the inside. take a blueberry, grape,
cherry, apple, tomato, etc. etc.

A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside, it's just that we're
only interested in eating them if what's under the seed is fleshy and
juicy.

why do strawberries have the seeds on the outside? it's like a guy
with sperm on the outside of his ballsack. that shit is weird.

No - the seed isn't like the sperm, it's the already fertilised egg, so
the strawberry is more equivalent to the koala carrying its baby on its
back as opposed to the kangaroo with its joey in its pouch.

The plant equivalent of sperm is pollen - and that of course *is* on the
outside ;-)
Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit
their sperm.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a fleshy pad.

The botanical term for this type of seed is 'achene' and they are very common
in the Aster family. Strawberries are exceptional only in that the fleshy stem
that the achenes are attached to is so deliciouly succulent.

Some other achenes are shown he

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/e.../m0006894.html

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a fleshy pad.

The botanical term for this type of seed is 'achene' and they are very common
in the Aster family. Strawberries are exceptional only in that the fleshy stem
that the achenes are attached to is so deliciouly succulent.

Some other achenes are shown he

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/e.../m0006894.html

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a
fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?

"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a
fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?

"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a
fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?

Ricky16/3/04 11:54


"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a
fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?


You did not specify fruit in your request for the name of another plant.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Ricky16/3/04 11:54


"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a
fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?


You did not specify fruit in your request for the name of another plant.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Ricky16/3/04 11:54


"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Ricky said:


"Kay Easton" wrote
A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside

name another?

The common dandelion -- the individual seeds are on the outside of a
fleshy pad.

and the dandelion is a fruit?


You did not specify fruit in your request for the name of another plant.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)