Submitted by JanaCinnamon t3_10pej9d in explainlikeimfive
PoopLogg t1_j6lhhjg wrote
Reply to comment by Truth-or-Peace in ELI5: Why do so many fruits have seedless varieties but the apple and cherry do not? by JanaCinnamon
> (This problem is even more pronounced in cherries: it's not the seed that people object to, but rather the stone around the seed.) >
🤣 Yeah because that's definitely not what op was talking about 🙄🤣
Truth-or-Peace t1_j6ltl5b wrote
Well, the distinction is important here. In the fruits we've got seedless varieties of, the fruit forms first and then the seeds form within it; all that has to happen is for that process to be interrupted. But in stone fruits like cherries, the stone forms first and then the fruit forms around it; creating a stoneless stone fruit would require somehow dissolving the stone after it was no longer needed.
PoopLogg t1_j6olzsm wrote
Curious
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