Monday, August 27, 2012

Vegetable or Fruit?

The tomato is a strange fruit. Or is it a fruit? The tomato is known as a fruit because of its seeds. But these seeds are actually imposters! The name of it is the spadulae. It looks like a seed but it is not. The white small seedlike things inside the pulp of the tomato. The small "seeds" don't really have a function. They don't need seeds because they grow by cloning. I didn't know that tomatos can clone. The spadulae should have a function, otherwise it wouldn't be there. Maybe the spadulae helps clone the tomatos. If the tomatos were cloned... Did all tomatos come from only one tomato? Is this why almost every tomato looks the same? It seems strange. Can any other plants reproduce in other ways besides cloning and growing by using seeds? There are endless questions I have for the strange vegetables. But now I know that the tomato does not have a seed! This makes the tomato an official vegetable.
Also, the tomato is now an official member of the vegetable. Sir Tomato of the vegetable!!
P.S. What about cucumbers? They have seeds!

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