VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 87 
Fic. 91, II.—Apple, fruit, cut in halves vertically (A) and across (B), show- 
ing the withered sepals (K) once fed by the woody strands (g) which 
pass from the woody stem below through its enlarged upper part sur- 
rounding the core (f) or ripened pistil. (Focke.) 
Fic. 92.—Pear (Pyrus communis, Rose Family, Rosaceew). 1, flowering 
- branch, 2, flower, cut vertically, 3, fruit, cut vertically, 4, diagram of 
flower. (Wossidlo.)—The plant is a tree, sometimes attaining a height 
of 25 m., and living to a great age; growing parts soon smooth; flowers 
white: fruit various in form and color, with the flesh gritty unless ripened 
off the tree. 
