22 POPULAR FRUIT GROWING. 



The parts of the flower and the purpose of each. — The parts 

 of the flower are modified leaves. The outside covering of the 

 flower of our common fruits is termed the calyx. Its purpose is 

 to protect the more tender organs and it is generally green in 

 color. The next row of modified leaves of the flower is called 

 the corolla. This is generally white or of some conspicuous 



Fig. 3.— Flower of Duchess of Oldenberg apple. 



color. It serves as a protection and also by its coloring at- 

 tracts insects which assist in pollination. The next row of 

 modified leaves are the stamens. They are of various forms, 

 generally tipped with a small pouch-like vessel in which the 

 male element, known as pollen, is formed. The stem is called 

 the filament and the pouch the anther. The pistils are the fe- 

 male organs made up of ovary or seed pod, style or stem, and 

 stigma, wTiich latter is the part that receives and holds the pollen 

 which grows through it to the seed. The bright colored por- 



