On a roadtrip last month we bought custard apples.
We choose to buy fruit which is locally grown and we like to support small businesses.
Back home we quarantined ourselves for a week and that gave a lot of time to do everything at leisure. The husband decided to count the seeds of the custard apple he ate for breakfast. An even number of seeds.
All the custard apples that we ate had an even number of seeds. Most intriguing.
A few weeks later we bought a couple of custard apples. These were larger, the skin was leathery and there was a lot more of the custardy fruit than seeds.
Had to count the seeds. This variety had an odd number of seeds.
I had to compare notes with my friends and I discovered the smaller custard apple always has an even number of seeds. Someones mother has counted the number of kernels on corn cobs and she found that it's always an even number. Chikoos or Sapota have three seeds.
Have you ever been intrigued enough to count the seeds in a fruit or vegetable? What did you discover?
I wonder why certain fruit have an even number of seeds while some others have an odd number.
