132 APPLE BLOSSOM 



drop off, leaving scars on the wood to show where they 

 were. 



The next time you eat an apple see if you can find the re- 

 mains of the stamens and pistils, and of the' starry fringe of 

 the calyx. After you have eaten all the pulp compare the core 

 with a bean pod. 



Look at the red seed cases on a rosebush. How do they 

 resemble apples? 



Codlin Moth. Most young apples that start to grow fall off 

 because there is not room for all ; but those that do grow meet 

 with many enemies. The common worm that you find in 

 wormy apples is a reddish caterpillar. This is a young codlin 

 moth. The full-grown insect is a small gray moth. It lays 

 its eggs in the top of an apple just as the blossoms are falling. 

 The caterpillar eats its way into the apple, and about the 

 middle of summer comes out, and makes a cocoon under the 

 loose bark on a large branch. The best way to protect apples 

 from this caterpillar is to spray the trees with poison just 

 after the blossoms fall. 



