The Purpose of Fruits

Fruits are the product of plant sex. Their purpose of fruits is to disseminate the plant’s seed. The fleshy fruits do this by getting eaten or at least distributed by animals. The season determines the type of fruit that is designed to take advantage of the prevailing circumstances. Summer fruits are soft and sugary. They flavor attracts their carrier. The seeds are either large enough that they can’t be easily swallowed or small and hard enough to pass through the digestive system.

Fall fruits are nutritious. Animals use these fruits to put on fat before hibernation or they store them for the winter. Many of the stored fruits are lost. Winter fruits are hard and not very tasty. The animals eat them only as a last resort. Therefore the fruits hang around all winter and frequently fall close to the mama plant. The ones that are distributed come up in a wide range.

Plants grown from seeds are not always true to their ancestry. Many fruit trees are grafted onto strong localized root stock. The plant resulting from the seeds may not be hardy enough to withstand the rigors of local conditions.

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