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TEACHER'S LEAFLET 



BASED UPON THE WORK FOR FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH YEAR PUPILS AS 



OUTLINED IN THE SYLLABUS OF NATURE-STUDY AND AGRICULTURE 



ISSUED BY THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 



APPLES. 



From time immemorial apples have been cultivated for the use of 

 man. They aie among the most beautiful of fruits and feast the eyes 

 as well as nourish the inner man. Wise Solomon likened the fitly spoken 

 word to "Apples of gold in pictures of silver," though whether the 

 apples he knew and graced so wonderfully were anything like the fruit 

 we prize so highly is an unanswerable question. 



Lesson XXVI. 



Purpose. — To help the pupils to a greater knowledge and enjoy- 

 ment of this beautiful and wholesome fruit, and to assist them to dis- 

 tinguish the most characteristic marks of the more commonly grown 

 varieties. 



Material. — Typical specimens of different varieties of apples in the 

 class-room where the pupils may closely observe and make notes of 

 their appearance. One or two apples on the desk of each pupil that 

 may be cut in vertical and transverse sections for the observation of 

 the pulp, core lines, carpels and seeds. 



Observations by pupils. — 



(i). Draw, as well as you can, an outline of the shape of your apple. 

 Is it almost spherical, or somewhat flattened, or long and slightly egg- 

 shaped, or with unequally developed sides? Do these differences in 

 the shapes of apples help in determining the kind or variety? 



(2). What is the color, and is this color solid, or varied by streaks 

 or freckles, or mottled, or with russet blotches, or by having one blushing 

 cheek while the rest is of another color? 



(3). Describe the stem: is it thick and fleshy, or short and knobby, 

 or slender and woody and an inch or more in length? Do some varieties 

 of apples have characteristic stems? 



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