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But besides these pins — later we shall learn their 
real names — besides these pins with dust boxes, we 
find some others which are without any such boxes. 
The shape of these reminds us a little of the pegs or 
pins we use in the game of tenpins. If we looked at 
them very closely, we should see that there were five 
of them, but that these five were joined below 
into one piece. 
Now suppose we take the apple blossom 
and pull off all its pretty white flower leaves, 
and all the pins with dust boxes, what will be 
left? 
This picture (Fig. 4) shows you just what 
is left. You see what looks like a little cup 
or vase. The upper part of this is cut into 
five pieces, which are rolled back. In the picture one 
Of these pieces is almost out of sight. In the real 
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blossom these pieces look like little green leaves. And 
set into this cup is the lower, united part of those pins 
which have no dust boxes on top. 
I fancy that you are better acquainted with the apple 
blossom than ever before, never mind how many morn- 
ings you may have spent in the sweet-smelling, pink 
and white orchard. You know just what goes to make 
up each separate flower, for all the many hundreds of 
blossoms are made on the one plan. 
And only now are you ready to hear what happened 
to make the apple take the place of the blossom. 
