BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -Pome fruits are members of the plant family Rosaceae, sub-family pomoideae. They are fruits that have a “core” of several small seeds, surrounded by a tough membrane. The membrane is encased in an edible layer of flesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -The best-known example of a pome is the apple. Other examples of plants that produce fruit classified as a pome are Cotoneaster, Crataegus (hawthorn and mayhaw), medlar, pear, Pyracantha, quince, rowan, loquat, toyon, and whitebeam.

Detailed explanation-3: -What do apples, quince and pears all have in common? They’re all pome fruits! The word pome is derived from Latin translation of the word “fruit”. This fruit family is borne from flowering plants in the Rosaceae, or rose, family.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most widely grown species are the apple and pear, which are known as pome fruits on account of their typical fruit structure, which is derived from several fused carpels surrounded by accessory floral tissue, the hypanthium.