VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 



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Fig. 91, II. — Apple, fruit, cut iii hah-es veitiLally (.1) and across (B), show- 

 ing the withered sepals (K) once fed by the woody strands (g) which 

 pass from the woody stem below through its enlarged upper part sur- 

 rounding the core (/) or ripened pistil. (Fockc.) 



Fig. 92. — Pear (Pyrus cominuuia, Rf)se Faniilj-, Roaucca-). 1, flowering 

 branch, 2, flower, cut vertically, 8, fruit, cut vertically, 4< diagram of 

 flower. (Wossidlo.) — The plant is a tree, sometimes attaining a height 

 of 25 m., and living to a great age; growing parts .soon smooth; flowers 

 white; fruit various in form and color, with the flesh gritty unless ripened 

 off the tree. 



