HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
FRUIT SCIENCE
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Question
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Fleshy fruit, has a core. Examples:apples, pears
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Pepo
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Pome
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Multiple Fruit
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Achene
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Explanation:
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 apple itself is a pome (fleshy) fruit, in which the ripened ovary and surrounding tissue both become fleshy and edible.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pomes are fleshy fruits of the rose family (Rosaceae) in which an adnate hypanthium becomes fleshy (apples and pears). The pome is unique to Maloideae and is a fleshy fruit in which the carpels are surrounded by an enlarged hypanthium.
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