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Franco
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A fruit doesn't necessarily mean is it seed bearing, I think. I know it is a ripened ovum

Madzaboy
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I am growing 14 varieties of hot peppers, four varieties of cabbage, broccoli, 10 varieties of tomatoes, three rows of beets, danvers carrots, bush beans, fava beans, lettuce, and swiss chard.

farmgirl
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This is from the fairchild garden web site concerning fruit:
Classifying Fruit
I. Definition of a Fruit
Forget everything you think you think you know about fruit! Much of it is incorrect. Many things we call vegetables are fruits. Many things we call berries are not berries at all. Nuts and grains are fruits as well, but not all the things we call nuts are true nuts!
The scientific definition of a fruit is any structure that develops from a fertilized ovary and contains seeds of the plant. All fruits come from the ovaries of a flower. Therefore, many things that we consider to be “vegetablesâ€



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