Naturally Speaking: Flowering fruits

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Naturally Speaking: Flowering fruits


The cucumber flower has a tiny cucumber fruit at its base. (Photo by Jerry Davis)

All fruits begin first with flowers. While there are several flower types, a few flowers have only one of the two structures needed to have fruit develop on a plant. Many squash-type plants have separate pollen flowers and fruit-producing flowers, sometimes on the same vine, other times on separate plants.

 

 


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