. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. a, cavity; b, basin; c, calyx lobes; d, calyx tube witli the withered stamens attached; e, carpets; f, outer core-lines, terminating at a point where staynens are attached; g, fibres extending from stem to basin. Transverse section of apple showing the five car- pels and the ten outer core-lines. small. The carpels, or seed-cells, are five in number, and when the fruit is cut across through the center these carpels show as a pretty, five-pointed star; in them the seeds lie, all pointi
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. a, cavity; b, basin; c, calyx lobes; d, calyx tube witli the withered stamens attached; e, carpets; f, outer core-lines, terminating at a point where staynens are attached; g, fibres extending from stem to basin. Transverse section of apple showing the five car- pels and the ten outer core-lines. small. The carpels, or seed-cells, are five in number, and when the fruit is cut across through the center these carpels show as a pretty, five-pointed star; in them the seeds lie, all pointing toward the stem. Some apples have both seeds and carpels smooth and shining, while in others they are tufted with a soft, fuzzy outgrowth. The number of seeds in each cell varies; the usual number is two. In case a carpel is empty, the apple is often lopsided, and this signifies that the stigma of that ovary received no pollen. The apple seed is oval, plump and pointed, with an outer shell, and a delicate inner skin covering the white meat; this separates readily into two parts, between which, at the point, may be seen the germ. The entire core, with the pulp immediately surrounding the seed cells, is marked off from the rest of the pulp by the core-lines, faint in some varieties but dis- tinct in others. In our native crab-apples this separation is so complete that, when the fruit is ripe, the core may be plucked out leaving a globular cavity at the center of the apple. Extending from the stem to the basin, through the center of the apple, is a bundle of fibers, five in number, each attached to the inner edge of a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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