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of the apple, but has plugged up the hole until it is full ready to leave. 



When it leaves it will crawl into a crack or crevice somewhere, and next 



spring change into a pupa and finally come forth a small dun-gray moth. 



This moth will lay the eggs and then die; and thus will be completed 



the eventful life of the codlin moth, 



from egg to worm and pupa and 



moth. But in doing all this the insect 



has spoiled the apple. The insect 



acts as if the apple belongs to him, f: I i » ,v 



but I think the apple belongs to me. 



Wonder which is right? 



Some of these apples are sound and 

 solid on the inside, but they have hard 

 blackish spots on the outside (Fig. 7). 

 This is a disease — the apple-scab. ^^^- 5-— The same Baldwin apple cut 

 This scab is caused by minute plants *" ^'^^' 



and these plants also claim the apple as their own. There are ways by 

 means of which the apple-grower is able to destroy the codlin-moth and 

 the apple-scab; and thereby he secures fair and sound apples. 



Insects and diseases and 



men are all fighting to own 



the apple. 



TEN THINGS TO LEARN 

 FROM AN APPLE. 



When you write your dues 

 to Uncle John on the apple, 

 answer as many of the follow- 

 ing questions as you can. 

 You can get the answers 

 from an apple itself. He 

 does not want you to ask any- 

 one for the answers : 



I. How much of the ap- 

 ple is occupied by the core? 



How many parts or compartments are there in the core? 



How many seeds are there in each part? 



Which way do the seeds point? 



Are the seeds attached or joined to any part of the core? Explain. 



What do you see in the blossom end of the apple? 



What do you see in the opposite end? 



Is there any connection between the blossom end and the core? 



Fig 



-This is an apple in which a worm made 

 its home. 



2. 



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4- 



S- 

 6. 



7- 

 8. 



