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size, in longitudinal 
section. The apple 
is composed of an 
envelope, which, 
probably at the 
cutting, has fallen 
into three parts, and 
an inner apple, cut 
longitudinally and 
of which the halves 
are quite loose from 
the envelope. 
The thickness of 
the layer of the outer 
apple differs from a 
few m.m. to about 
1 cm. The inner- 
side of it cannot be 
distinguished by the 
naked eyefrom the 
common fruit-flesh. On the top are in the usual way fragments 
of the calyx; but at the base no peduncle is to be found. When 
fitting the parts together an opening remains at that spot. The 
internal apple is flat globular, the section from base to apex is 
+ 41/, em. long, the vertical section + 6 e.m. This apple has 
no separate peel. The fruit-flesh seems to differ from that of 
the external one; for in the alkohol-material it is softer and of 
lighter colour. This portion, also, wears on its summit a dried, 
hard, dark-coloured part, which in everything resembles the apex 
of a normal apple. The whole apple being cut through longitudinally 
the core is visible. This core is of normal structure. At the 
base it passes in the usual way into the peduncle a which here, 
as is the case with many apples and pears, is continued in the 
interior of the apple till near the core, rather markedly separated 
from the fruit-flesh. The peduncle does not stick out of the 
fruit-flesh of the inner apple, yet, it must have been somewhat 
longer, as through the envelope, it must have been united with 
the branch. 
Microscopically the external apple presents at the outside an 
epidermis with thick cuticle, under which some layers of cells with 
rather thick walls. The parenchyma, which follows inwardly is a 
very loose tissue with great intercellular spaces. The cells are more 
