APPLE 



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** Fruits not black. 



t Flesh firm, fruit 25 50 mm., or more, long, 

 with 5 cells lined with a thin cartilaginous 

 endocarp (Pome). 



Pome sub-globose, indented at the base. 



Pyrus Mains, L. Apple, Crab (Fig. 135). Stalk 

 usually short and seeds pale brown. 



Pome not indented at the base, often piri- 

 form and more or less tapering at the base, 



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Fig. 135. A, B, Apple, showing five carpels, /, embedded in fleshy 

 calyx-tube; E, E 1 , Kowan, showing four carpels; F, F l , White Beam 

 Tree, showing obliteration of all but one of the carpels as the fruit ripens ; 

 G, G l , Service Tree, showing four carpels (E and P). 



