I Jean White : 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE> 1-9. 



Fig. 1. 



Small portion of the flesh of an Anne Elisabeth apple, 

 gathered December 12th, 1910, stained with watery 

 solution of iodine, and showing a small group of slightly 

 enlarged cells. 



Fig. 2. 



Photograph of a 5-crown variety of apple, showing the scar 

 produced by piercing with a tine sterilised needle when 

 young. 



Fig. 3. 



Photographs of 2 Anne Elisabetli apples, showing the pitting 

 on the under, shaded, surface. 



Fig. 4. 



Photographs of the same 2 apples as in Fig. 3. showing the 

 pitting on the upper exposed surface. 



Fig. 5. 

 Transverse section through a Bismarck apple, showing the 



pits. 



Fig. 6. 



Portion of the epidermis from the central part of the surface 

 of a 5-crown apple one week after the falling of the 

 |>etals, showing a stoma (high power). 



Fig. r. 



Piece of epidermis of a ripe apple, showing a lenticel taken 

 from the central part of a pit (higli powei'). 



Fig. 8. 



Section through the late stage of a pit in an Anne Elisabeth 

 apple. 



Fig. 9. 



Section of a small portion of the outer surface of a ^'ipe 

 Jonathan apple (high power, drawn to scale.) 



