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The tissue in the fruit of the Ecballium elaterium that surrounds the seeds is made of large, thin-walled cells facilitating the propulsive release of seeds by "squirting". [4] [7] Pressure to expel the seeds is created by the increased concentration of a glucoside called elaterinidin in the sap of the fruit tissue's cells, leading to a turgor ...
Hybrid seeds planted by the farmer produce similar plants, but the seeds of the next generation from those hybrids will not consistently have the desired characteristics because of genetic assortment. It is therefore rarely desirable to save the seeds from hybrid plants to start the next crop. [4]
W. Atlee Burpee & Company was founded in 1876 by Washington Atlee Burpee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after starting a mail-order chicken business in 1876.The company expanded to selling garden seeds, farm supplies, tools and hogs after customers began asking for seeds they had grown in their native farms.
Sicyos angulatus, [1] the oneseed bur cucumber [2] or star-cucumber is an annual vine in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, native to eastern North America. The plant forms mats or climbs using tendrils. The leaves are palmately veined and lobed, the flowers are green to yellowish green, and the fruits form clusters of very small pepos.
Remarkably the seeds have large, papery wings and when ripe they fall from the underside of the fruit and glide long distances. [5] The seed or samara of this species is unusual in having two flat bracts extending either side of the seed to form a wing-like shape with the seed embedded along one long edge and the wings angled slightly back from ...
These hybrid fruits are the latest summer food craze. They are a mix between a cucumber and a watermelon. This cucumber-watermelon hybrid is the cutest fruit of the summer
Citrullus Colocynthis Fruit in Behbahan Wild Citrullus Colocynthis. Citrullus colocynthis, with many common names including Abu Jahl's melon, (native name in Turkey) [2] colocynth, [3] bitter apple, [3] bitter cucumber, [3] egusi, [4] vine of Sodom, [3] or wild gourd, [3] is a poisonous desert viny plant native to the Mediterranean Basin and West Asia, especially the Levant, [5] [6] [7] Turkey ...
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