Botany at the Truman Household
Oct. 2nd, 2019 08:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
barnabas_truman"Why are carrots orange?"
"Carrots are orange because they are the same species as oranges. If you plant the seed right-side-up, it grows upward as an orange tree. If you plant it upside-down, it grows downward and becomes a carrot."
"What??"
"This is also why carrots don't have seeds. They grow from upside-down orange seeds instead."
"What about purple carrots?"
"That's what you get if you plant a plum seed upside-down."
"Carrots are orange because they are the same species as oranges. If you plant the seed right-side-up, it grows upward as an orange tree. If you plant it upside-down, it grows downward and becomes a carrot."
"What??"
"This is also why carrots don't have seeds. They grow from upside-down orange seeds instead."
"What about purple carrots?"
"That's what you get if you plant a plum seed upside-down."
