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In botanical language, a berry is a simple fruit having seeds and fleshy pulp (the pericarp) produced from the ovary of a single flower. The ovary can be inferior or superior. It is indehiscent, i.e. it does not have a special "line of weakness" along which it splits to release the seeds when ripe. [2] The pericarp is divided into three layers.
For most berry crops, the ideal soil is well drained sandy loam, with a pH of 6.2–6.8 and a moderate to high organic content; however, blueberries have an ideal pH of 4.2–4.8 and can be grown on muck soils, while blueberries and cranberries prefer poorer soils with lower cation exchange, lower calcium, and lower levels of phosphorus. [26]
Phytogeography (from Greek φυτόν, phytón = "plant" and γεωγραφία, geographía = "geography" meaning also distribution) or botanical geography is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species and their influence on the earth's surface. [1]
Thus, some sources describe the fruit of species from the genus Persea, which includes the avocado, as a drupe, [4] others describe avocado fruit as a berry. [5] One definition of berry requires the endocarp to be less than 2 mm (3 ⁄ 32 in) thick, other fruits with a stony endocarp being drupes. [6]
Merriam-Webster defines "fruit" as "the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant." Most often, these seed plants are sweet and enjoyed as dessert (think berries and melons), but some ...
2. Slender; hair-like. capitate 1. (of an inflorescence) Having a knob-like head, with the flowers unstalked and aggregated into a dense cluster. 2. (of a stigma) Like the head of a pin. capitulum Dense cluster of sessile or subsessile flower s or floret s, e.g. a flower head in the daisy family Asteraceae. See pseudanthium. capsule
The fruit is an oblong red berry 7–10 mm (1 ⁄ 4 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) long and 3–5 mm (1 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 16 in) broad, ripening in late summer or autumn. Leaves Flowers
[2] [6] [7] In taste, they may be tart or sweet. [citation needed] The fruit is versatile in foods or beverages, including jam, pudding, candy, pie, ice cream, muffins, pancakes, salad dressings, juice, tea, soup, and syrup. [2] [7] Attempts to cultivate huckleberry plants from seeds have failed, with plants devoid of fruits.