. St. Nicholas [serial]. e classed withunusual phenomena? This is alengthwise section of the interested reader, Charlotte Baber. Professor Fred W. Card, horticulturist of theCollege of Agriculture, Kingston, R. I., writesregarding this: I suspect that the case which your young friend men-tioned is due to a decay of one part of the apple and notof the other. The core of the apple is made up of whatis really the pistil of the flower, while the outer part isstructurally different, though botanists disagree as to justwhat its significance is. A careful examination of anapple will show t
. St. Nicholas [serial]. e classed withunusual phenomena? This is alengthwise section of the interested reader, Charlotte Baber. Professor Fred W. Card, horticulturist of theCollege of Agriculture, Kingston, R. I., writesregarding this: I suspect that the case which your young friend men-tioned is due to a decay of one part of the apple and notof the other. The core of the apple is made up of whatis really the pistil of the flower, while the outer part isstructurally different, though botanists disagree as to justwhat its significance is. A careful examination of anapple will show that there is a dividing-line betweenthese two parts. It may happen that when decay entersthe core it may not pass so readily beyond this line intoother parts of the apple. It sometimes happens thatwhen an apple has become wilted this inner part willseparate from the other. I think this may perhaps helpto explain the case cited. You will find an interesting discussion as tothe real nature of the two principal parts of the. 79 apple in the chapter Apples and their Like in Professor Baileys Lessons with Plants —a book to be found at least in the library ofnearly all schools, even if not used as a text-book. This learned botanist explains variousarguments regarding the structure of the apple,and adds: The pupil will also be impressed with theabsorbing interest which may attach to thecommonest objects when once his attention iscalled seriously to them. All our young folks can readily see thisdouble and beautiful floral-like structure and
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