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Why Do Strawberries Have Seeds On The Outside?

Published on Dec 14, 2015

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WHY DO STRAWBERRIES HAVE SEEDS ON THE OUTSIDE?

BY KILEY C.
Photo by Sara Alfred

PEOPLE THINK STRAWBERRIES AREN'T BERRIES!

THE SEEDS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE STRAWBERRY ARE CALLED ACHNES.

YOU PRONOUNCE IT (ACNES)
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ARE STRAWBERRIES FRUIT OR VEGGIES?

OVARIES

  • The ovaries of the strawberries are the seeds
  • Ovaries are the part of a strawberries flower that developes the strawberry
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HOW DID THE STRAWBERRY GET ITS NAME?

  • In the 19th century english kids called strawberries straws of berries
  • They did that because they tied strawberries onto grass
  • Also, people think that it got its name because people tied string onto plants because the weather

DID YOU KNOW STRAWBERRIES ARE NOT GROWN FROM SEEDS!

STRAWBERRIES ARE ACTUALLY GROWN FROM RUNNERS OR CLONES.
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FUN FACT

IN 2010 SHIPPERS SHIPED ABOUT 2 BILLION STRAWBERRIES!
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AND THAT IS WHY STRAWBERRIES HAVE SEEDS ON THE OUTSIDE

THE END.
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