tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post2738599801414029352..comments2023-08-27T06:04:13.748-04:00Comments on Alice's Adventures Underground: A Good Farmer is Outstanding in Her FieldNGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129806787655566395noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-58549185789627359622009-05-16T10:46:00.000-04:002009-05-16T10:46:00.000-04:00Such a cute pix of the girl with the squash, which...Such a cute pix of the girl with the squash, which, incidentally really is a fruit, botanically speaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-5134393891959288672008-10-14T22:07:00.000-04:002008-10-14T22:07:00.000-04:00"Botanically speaking...""Horticulturally speaking..."Botanically speaking..."<BR/><BR/>"Horticulturally speaking..."<BR/><BR/>lol!vetsachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850807667525836494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-48822778448953215482008-10-14T19:40:00.000-04:002008-10-14T19:40:00.000-04:00Thank you professor paws. I'm totally going to go...Thank you professor paws. I'm totally going to go back to my pediatrician and face the Doctor... who told me last week to feed the baby "more yellow vegetables... like squash."NGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129806787655566395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33177169.post-56183719916974242182008-10-14T17:49:00.000-04:002008-10-14T17:49:00.000-04:00Please, allow me to clear this up. My semester of ...Please, allow me to clear this up. My semester of Agronomy/Horticulture 100 should qualify me. :P<BR/><BR/>Botanically speaking, a fruit is an enlarged ovary - meaning that the part of the plant that contains the ovary (the flower) has been fertilized and is now a fruit. Food that does not come from the flower of the plant is not fruit (like potatoes and other root vegetables).<BR/><BR/>Horticulturally speaking, a fruit is a fruit based upon how is used. For example, things that you would normally put in a green salad are considered vegetables even if they are techinically/botanically fruits (e.g. a tomato).<BR/><BR/>I believe your squash was once a flower, then it was fertilized and grew into the lovely specimen in the picture. Therefore, you are correct. It is, indeed a fruit, although some would argue that its uses would put it more in the vegetable category.pawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255247673778901000noreply@blogger.com