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How do they get seedless fruit(like seedless grapes and watermellons)?

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How do they get seedless fruit(like seedless grapes and watermellons)?

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Seedless fruits are something of a paradox, as fruits are usually defined in a botanical sense as mature ovaries containing seeds. Among the widely grown seedless fruits are grapes, numerous Citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes, etc.), and bananas. Seedless watermelons have only recently been developed. Seedless fruits are commercially valuable as seeds are considered a nuisance by consumers and seedless fruits are easier to eat and thus preferred over otherwise similar seeded fruits. Most commercially produced seedless fruits have been developed from plants whose fruits normally contain numerous relatively large hard seeds that are distributed throughout the flesh of the fruit; there would be little commercial benefit to a seedless peach or apple. Similarly, fruits with small and unobtrusive seeds, such as strawberries and kiwi fruits, would be little improved by being seedless. And in species whose seed is the commercial or culinary product, such as sesame, most legumes, or grains o

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