photo: jetheriot
Fruit come from flowers and flowers become fruit, so plants which bear flowers bear fruit. The fruit of the plant, however, may escape our collective attention if we treasure the plant only for its flower. We prize, for example, rose plants and lily plants for the flowers these two plants produce. A rose plant will make roses as everyone knows, but a rose plant will also make fruit. We savor the fragrance and the beauty of the flower: the fruit of the rose is invisible.
Fruit come from flowers and flowers become fruit, so plants which bear flowers bear fruit. The flower of the plant, however, may escape our collective attention if we treasure the plant only for its fruit. We treasure, for example, melon plants and apple plants for the fruits these two plants produce. While we can summon quite easily the image of an apple, the shape of its blossom eludes us. We savor the sweetness and the beauty of the fruit: the flower of the apple is invisible.