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VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 



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Fig. 91, I. — Apple (Pyi-us Mains, Rose Family, Rosacea). 1, twig showing 

 winter l)uds. 2, flowering branch. 3, flower cut vertically, petals 

 removed. 4, fruit, leaves, and bud. 5, seed, (i, wood, cut across the 

 grain; and magnified about 20 diameters. (Mouillefert.) — The plant is 

 a small, often shrub-like tree with rounded head; young stems and under 

 surface of leaves grayish woolly; flowers white or rosy; fruit very various 

 in form and coloring. 



