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REE NEP LES J REASSURES 
F we lift our apple by its stem, it hangs in the same 
position as when growing on the tree (Fig. 5). 
But the blossom whose place in the world is 
taken by this apple held its little head 
proudly in the air. So let us put the apple 
in the same position, and see what is left 
of the flower from which it has come 
(Fig. 6). 
We see the apple stem, which last May 
was the flower stem. This has grown 
thick and strong enough to hold the apple 
fast to the tree till it ripens and is ready 
to drop. 
The upper part of the stem you cannot 
see, because the apple has swelled down- 
wards all about it, or upwards we should 
say, if it were still on the tree. 
On<the'-top. of the’ apple; ina Tittle 
hollow, we see some crumpled things 
which look like tiny withered leaves. 
You remember that when the bee left the yellow 
dust in the apple blossom, the green cup began to 
grow big and juicy, and to turn into the apple. And 
these little crumpled things are all that is left of the 
five green leaves into which the upper part of the cup 
was divided. These little leaves have been out in all 
kinds of weather for many weeks, so no wonder they 
look rather mussy and forlorn. 
Fie. 6 
