In a message dated 12/24/2003 12:10:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

A receptacle? The "fig" is an inside-out stem containing many flowers
inside. Each crunch you hear in a fig newton is an individual fruit.
Except the crunch that represents the dead wasp.

Nina.


I think you will find that most modern cultivated edible figs are self
fertile.

Billy on the Florida Space Coast
Bonsai Societies of Florida Annual Convention Memorial Day Weekend 2004
Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral, Florida www.bonsaisocietyofbrevard.org

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