There does seem to be some confusion~~ though perhaps understandably. The so
called seeds of the strawberry are actually fruits in their own right
{achenes]. The strawberry is not a berry any more than the blackberry [a
collection of fruits each of which is a drupe similar to a plum] Take into
account with the dandelion that being of the compositeae each 'flower' is
actually a bunch of dozens of flowers and hence again each of the 'seeds'
are genuine fruits. A fruit, botanically, does not have to be succulent~~~
most are dry and winged or hooked. The only common aspect of fruits is that
they all contain one or more seeds.
Best Wishes
"Gregg Cattanach" wrote in message
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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit
their sperm.
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Really?? Show me a fussy human male....


"Derek Janssen" wrote in message
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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?)