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Michael Bell wrote:
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Charlie Pridham wrote:

A fruit cannot be bigger than the plant that bears it. You could not
have an apple on a grass, it couldn't feed it. A pineapple is a big
fruit, but it is borne on a big plant. Likewise a maize cob.

Have you seen pineapples growing? I would say the fruit weighs a lot more
than the plant.

How long does it take to do that. And as for cucumbers and suchlike,
they are mostly water.

Hubbard-type squashes aren't - they have a fairly high sugar and
starch content, and often weigh a lot more than the plant.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.