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a truly baffling question about strawberries
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. |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
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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 |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"Kay Easton" wrote A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside name another? |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"Kay Easton" wrote A lot of plants have their seeds on the outside name another? |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
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) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"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? |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
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) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"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? |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
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) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
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) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"Kay Easton" wrote in message
... Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit their sperm. -- Really?? Show me a fussy human male.... |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"Kay Easton" wrote in message
... Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit their sperm. -- Really?? Show me a fussy human male.... |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
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 om... "Kay Easton" wrote in message ... Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit their sperm. -- Really?? Show me a fussy human male.... "Derek Janssen" wrote in message ... 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?) :) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
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 om... "Kay Easton" wrote in message ... Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit their sperm. -- Really?? Show me a fussy human male.... "Derek Janssen" wrote in message ... 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?) :) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
In the Year of the Monkey, the Great and Powerful Derek Janssen
declared: (And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to rec.gardening for cross-trolls...) I'm just surprised he didn't go for the more obvious, "Why are they called strawberries if they don't look like straw?" -- Sean O'Hara Gibberish in Neutral: http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com Jeff: Well, it's kind of hard to tell isn't it 'cos you tend to fast forward if anyone's dressed. Sometimes I forget and do that with proper films. I can get through a lot of movies in an evening. --Coupling |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
In the Year of the Monkey, the Great and Powerful Derek Janssen
declared: (And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to rec.gardening for cross-trolls...) I'm just surprised he didn't go for the more obvious, "Why are they called strawberries if they don't look like straw?" -- Sean O'Hara Gibberish in Neutral: http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com Jeff: Well, it's kind of hard to tell isn't it 'cos you tend to fast forward if anyone's dressed. Sometimes I forget and do that with proper films. I can get through a lot of movies in an evening. --Coupling |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
In the Year of the Monkey, the Great and Powerful Derek Janssen
declared: (And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to rec.gardening for cross-trolls...) I'm just surprised he didn't go for the more obvious, "Why are they called strawberries if they don't look like straw?" -- Sean O'Hara Gibberish in Neutral: http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com Jeff: Well, it's kind of hard to tell isn't it 'cos you tend to fast forward if anyone's dressed. Sometimes I forget and do that with proper films. I can get through a lot of movies in an evening. --Coupling |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
human males are fussy about it?
lucy :) "Kay Easton" wrote in message ... 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 |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
Too much for you ape brain to handle?
A strawberry isn't a berry at all in the botanical sense. Its actually a fleshy receptacle with the seeds embedded in it. "meat n potatoes" wrote in message om... 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. |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
Frankly Scarlet, nobody gives a flying fig!!
You do a very poor Seinfeld impression. They are called strawberries because native Americans put straw around the plants so that the fruit would stay above the ground and not rot prematurely. Many still do the practice for the same reason. Not a mystery at all. You can spend the rest of your days pondering the mystery of "Grape Nuts". They're not nuts and there's no grapes in them. So what's the big deal? "Sean O'Hara" wrote in message ... In the Year of the Monkey, the Great and Powerful Derek Janssen declared: (And so, after five years of jokes about Gaza being reduced to rec.gardening for cross-trolls...) I'm just surprised he didn't go for the more obvious, "Why are they called strawberries if they don't look like straw?" -- Sean O'Hara Gibberish in Neutral: http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com Jeff: Well, it's kind of hard to tell isn't it 'cos you tend to fast forward if anyone's dressed. Sometimes I forget and do that with proper films. I can get through a lot of movies in an evening. --Coupling |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
Only those prissy fey fusspots that prance around in tutus!
Who put the sperm in angiosperm? Beware of the gymnosperms at the Y! "lucy" wrote in message m... human males are fussy about it? lucy :) "Kay Easton" wrote in message ... 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 |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
Cereus-validus wrote: They are called strawberries because native Americans put straw around the plants so that the fruit would stay above the ground and not rot prematurely. Many still do the practice for the same reason. Not a mystery at all. More mystery than you apparently think. If your story is correct, how do you explain that they were called strawberries before Columbus sailed to America and before anyone in Europe knew that native Americans existed? I'll admit that perhaps the exact spelling of strawberry wasn't set until a little later but the name was there. I know that some people believe they were once called stray berries perhaps because their runners let them stray away from the patch where they were planted. When people started mulching with straw, the name slowly evolved into strawberry. I wasn't there so I don't know. ;-) Steve |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
Cereus-validus wrote: They are called strawberries because native Americans put straw around the plants so that the fruit would stay above the ground and not rot prematurely. Many still do the practice for the same reason. Not a mystery at all. More mystery than you apparently think. If your story is correct, how do you explain that they were called strawberries before Columbus sailed to America and before anyone in Europe knew that native Americans existed? I'll admit that perhaps the exact spelling of strawberry wasn't set until a little later but the name was there. I know that some people believe they were once called stray berries perhaps because their runners let them stray away from the patch where they were planted. When people started mulching with straw, the name slowly evolved into strawberry. I wasn't there so I don't know. ;-) Steve |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
You no fool me Steverino,
You're making that up. You claim that Europeans were eating strawberries before they were introduced from the New World. Next you will be saying that Romans wore wrist watches with Roman numerals on them!! "Steve" wrote in message ... Cereus-validus wrote: They are called strawberries because native Americans put straw around the plants so that the fruit would stay above the ground and not rot prematurely. Many still do the practice for the same reason. Not a mystery at all. More mystery than you apparently think. If your story is correct, how do you explain that they were called strawberries before Columbus sailed to America and before anyone in Europe knew that native Americans existed? I'll admit that perhaps the exact spelling of strawberry wasn't set until a little later but the name was there. I know that some people believe they were once called stray berries perhaps because their runners let them stray away from the patch where they were planted. When people started mulching with straw, the name slowly evolved into strawberry. I wasn't there so I don't know. ;-) Steve |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
In article ,
"Cereus-validus" wrote: Only those prissy fey fusspots that prance around in tutus! Who put the sperm in angiosperm? Beware of the gymnosperms at the Y! And beware of the Sago Palms that precede them. G K "lucy" wrote in message m... human males are fussy about it? lucy :) "Kay Easton" wrote in message ... 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 -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
In article ,
"Cereus-validus" wrote: Only those prissy fey fusspots that prance around in tutus! Who put the sperm in angiosperm? Beware of the gymnosperms at the Y! And beware of the Sago Palms that precede them. G K "lucy" wrote in message m... human males are fussy about it? lucy :) "Kay Easton" wrote in message ... 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 -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"Cereus-validus" writes:
Frankly Scarlet, nobody gives a flying fig!! You do a very poor Seinfeld impression. They are called strawberries because native Americans put straw around the plants so that the fruit would stay above the ground and not rot prematurely. Many still do the practice for the same reason. Not a mystery at all. The Anglo-Saxons were calling them strawberries 500 years before Columbus. They're recorded at least as far back as Roman times. You can spend the rest of your days pondering the mystery of "Grape Nuts". They're not nuts and there's no grapes in them. So what's the big deal? Alan -- Alan Williams, Room IT301, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K. Tel: +44 161 275 6270 Fax: +44 161 275 6280 |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"Cereus-validus" writes:
Frankly Scarlet, nobody gives a flying fig!! You do a very poor Seinfeld impression. They are called strawberries because native Americans put straw around the plants so that the fruit would stay above the ground and not rot prematurely. Many still do the practice for the same reason. Not a mystery at all. The Anglo-Saxons were calling them strawberries 500 years before Columbus. They're recorded at least as far back as Roman times. You can spend the rest of your days pondering the mystery of "Grape Nuts". They're not nuts and there's no grapes in them. So what's the big deal? Alan -- Alan Williams, Room IT301, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K. Tel: +44 161 275 6270 Fax: +44 161 275 6280 |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"Cereus-validus" writes:
Frankly Scarlet, nobody gives a flying fig!! You do a very poor Seinfeld impression. They are called strawberries because native Americans put straw around the plants so that the fruit would stay above the ground and not rot prematurely. Many still do the practice for the same reason. Not a mystery at all. The Anglo-Saxons were calling them strawberries 500 years before Columbus. They're recorded at least as far back as Roman times. You can spend the rest of your days pondering the mystery of "Grape Nuts". They're not nuts and there's no grapes in them. So what's the big deal? Alan -- Alan Williams, Room IT301, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K. Tel: +44 161 275 6270 Fax: +44 161 275 6280 |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"............The Anglo-Saxons were calling them strawberries 500 years
before Columbus. They're recorded at least as far back as Roman times ........." Strawberries were cultivated by the Romans as early as 200 BC and in mediaeval times strawberries were regarded as an aphrodisiac and a soup made of strawberries, borage and soured cream was traditionally served to newly-weds at their wedding breakfast. -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:08:01 +0000, Kay Easton wrote:
(snip) Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit their sperm. A lot less fussy than SOME human males. ;) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:08:01 +0000, Kay Easton wrote:
(snip) Plants are a lot less fussy than the human male about where they deposit their sperm. A lot less fussy than SOME human males. ;) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:26:11 GMT, "Cereus-validus"
wrote: You no fool me Steverino, You're making that up. You claim that Europeans were eating strawberries before they were introduced from the New World. Next you will be saying that Romans wore wrist watches with Roman numerals on them!! Of course. They also had little sundial faces with a tiny gnomon sticking out from them. ;) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:26:11 GMT, "Cereus-validus"
wrote: You no fool me Steverino, You're making that up. You claim that Europeans were eating strawberries before they were introduced from the New World. Next you will be saying that Romans wore wrist watches with Roman numerals on them!! Of course. They also had little sundial faces with a tiny gnomon sticking out from them. ;) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:26:11 GMT, "Cereus-validus"
wrote: You no fool me Steverino, You're making that up. You claim that Europeans were eating strawberries before they were introduced from the New World. Next you will be saying that Romans wore wrist watches with Roman numerals on them!! Of course. They also had little sundial faces with a tiny gnomon sticking out from them. ;) |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"Cereus-validus" wrote in message .com...
ok even though this conversation has drifted away from its present topic i would like to ask a question about growing strawberries. I want to grow them on the south side of my house along with blueberry bushes, and rasberry bushes but have been told that they will never grow on the south side. Is this so? --------------------------------------- come check out Serenity and Good Faith! Offers stressed out individuals a place to relax and call home. Includes resources on how to relax and great herbal remedies. come join the community! Free to everyone! http://www.freewebs.com/guildofgoodf...xserenity.html |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
sassy326 wrote:
... i...have been told that they will never grow on the south side. Is this so?... They will always be on the south side of something. Were they not, it were very cold. (and getting colder at this time of year). Short answer, No. |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
"Cereus-validus" wrote in message .com...
ok even though this conversation has drifted away from its present topic i would like to ask a question about growing strawberries. I want to grow them on the south side of my house along with blueberry bushes, and rasberry bushes but have been told that they will never grow on the south side. Is this so? --------------------------------------- come check out Serenity and Good Faith! Offers stressed out individuals a place to relax and call home. Includes resources on how to relax and great herbal remedies. come join the community! Free to everyone! http://www.freewebs.com/guildofgoodf...xserenity.html |
a truly baffling question about strawberries
sassy326 wrote:
... i...have been told that they will never grow on the south side. Is this so?... They will always be on the south side of something. Were they not, it were very cold. (and getting colder at this time of year). Short answer, No. |
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