We have seedless grapes, oranges, and watermellon… but is that the limit to our “seedless technology”? Around Halloween, some seedless pumpkins would be awfully handy.
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There are lots of different ways of producing seedless fruits, but as far as I’m aware they all involve some kind of genetic abnormality that prevents either the growth or hardening of seeds.
Seedless pumpkins are possible. A brief google search suggests they have even been created before. The reason they haven’t caught on will be one of profit – it’s simply not profitable to spend time and effort creating seedless pumpkins, as it’s a once per year crop, and most people are willing to just scoop out the seeds themselves, as it’s not actually very difficult. Some people also enjoy consuming the seeds.
There are a lot of ideas that are theoretically possible, and many that are even produced on the very small scale, but that never make it big because they’re not viable businesses.
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