Eli5 How do people grow seedless watermelons? Like where do they get the seeds?
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I’m sorry to not answer your question, but it’s in line with it. Did you know that every apple of the same variety comes from a single parent tree? Every apple seed contained in an apple will grow a tree with different properties, so the branches of the original tree need to be grafted in order to grow the same variety. That means that every Granny Smith apple ever has technically come from a single tree. This presents a problem as the trees cannot evolve and adapt to protect from pests. Also, the most popular banana in the world, the one you see at almost every supermarket in the western world, the Cavendish, is a dying cultivar. This isn’t the first time in history this has happened as the most common banana of the past was the Gros Michel. Our incessant need to have consistency threatens the very things we love.
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