Daily Dose

From The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History, by Thor Hanson

AVOCADO

"I tried to keep that in mind during the slow weeks before my avocado pits showed any signs of life.  They became my silent, unchanging companions: two rows of mute brown lumps lined up on a bookshelf below the window.  Although I have an advanced degree in botany, I also have a long history of killing houseplants, and I began to fear for them."

From Chapter One, Seed for a Day