. Nature study and life. Nature study. IS8 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE them until they bear fruit, the one who finally discovers an apple better in some respect than all the rest, has become a benefactor of mankind ; for from the billions on billions of apple seeds that have been ripening for thousands of years we have only 299 kinds, some poor, some fair, some good — a few very good — only two best. We cannot see deep enough into the heart of nature to know just what benign influences joined hands to produce these "; But two apple blossoms on two different trees must have set out to
. Nature study and life. Nature study. IS8 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE them until they bear fruit, the one who finally discovers an apple better in some respect than all the rest, has become a benefactor of mankind ; for from the billions on billions of apple seeds that have been ripening for thousands of years we have only 299 kinds, some poor, some fair, some good — a few very good — only two best. We cannot see deep enough into the heart of nature to know just what benign influences joined hands to produce these "; But two apple blossoms on two different trees must have set out to make the best seeds in all the "world; the rains and the dews and the winds were just right that year, the soil was good, a bee carried pollen from one blossom to the other, and a bird guarded the fruit from devouring insects, and finally some child,— who knows .'' — ate the apple and planted the seed in good soil. Taking the hint from nature's ways, men have at last begun to make careful experiments in " plant ; Read or tell to the children the stories of John Chapman, better known as "Johnny Appleseed," who supplied the early settlers in Indiana and Ohio with apple seeds and. Fig. 60. Bismarck Apple a^ the wild Asiatic crab apple, Pyrtts baccata; b, P. mains, the wild apple of Europe. (All \ natural size). 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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