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The Secret in the Seed
A rose’s red color, the curl of each of its pe-
tals, their number, softness, velvet texture and the
proportion of substances that give the rose its per-
fume each constitute information. The deep purp- God, the Lord of the
le color of an eggplant or aubergine, its shiny heavens and the Earth,
makes colorful roses of
skin, the alignment of its seeds, and the
perfect beauty appear
length of the veins in its resilient stem all from the dry-look-
derive from information embedded in ing seeds pic-
tured above.
its embryo. Similar information causes
sweet, juicy little grapes to grow on
dry, contorted vines. The informati-
on contained in the seed’s embryo
makes the skin of a grape different
from that of a hazelnut; it is respon-
sible for these two fruits’ differing
color, taste, smell and the vita-
mins they contain, as well as
the fact that the one is juicy
and the other dry.
This information
has been conta-
ined in each speci-
es since the
emergence of seed-
producing plants.
The absence of
such information
would spell the
plants’ immediate
extinction. At this
point the following
question should arise:
