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Why put around the seeds the fleshy part of the apple, 

 which we like to eat ? Think how, when we have eaten the 

 apple, we throw away the core and the seeds, and how the 

 apple is sent all over the world. This is another way in 

 which Mother Efature gets us to help her scatter her seeds. 

 What is the use of the skin ? ( An apple in the schoolroom 

 with a little of the skin removed will soon show the little 

 folks how the skin keeps the apple from spoiling). What 

 is the use of the stem ? To fasten the apple to the tree. 

 In the next lesson we will learn more about the use of 

 the stem, and will hear about the story the eye tells us. 



Step V. The Uses of the Apple. 



First. To ripen, protect, and help to scatter the seeds. 



Second. Trace in a wormy apple, from which the "worm " 

 or caterpillar has not escaped, the burrow, beginning at the 

 eye, and extending to and perhaps through the core. Show 

 children the little creature who has crept into the home of 

 the apple seeds. Tell them how a little moth lays an egg 

 in the eye of the apple, this hatches into a caterpillar, who 

 slowly eats his way to the core of the apple, and later 

 makes another tunnel to the outside, creeps out, spins a 

 cocoon (some of these may be found around the apple 

 barrel), in which he sleeps all winter, and the next year 

 turns into a moth. (See McCook's "Tenants of An Old 

 Farm/' Chapter VI.). If we ask this little creature why 

 the apple was made, he will certainly tells us it was made 

 for his home and his food and drink. 



Third. For boys and girls. Let the children eat the 

 apples. 



LESSON III. HOW THE APPLE WAS MADE. 



Step I. Growth of the Apple. 



Tell how the apple tree burst into bloom last May. Try 

 to picture its beauty and the fragrant feast it spread for the 

 insects. 



