FRUIT. 3 1 



to learn now what the fruit of a plant is. It is the 

 seed vessel and its seed. So cucumbers, vegetable 

 marrows, and tomatoes, are fruits, as well as apricots, 

 plums, and grapes. 



The fruit is the last part of a plant I have to tell 

 you of, so I will repeat in a few words the chief parts 

 of a plant and what they are for. 



The root, stem, and leaves of a flowering plant are 

 the parts by which it grows and brings forth flowers. 

 The flowers in their turn are the parts by which it 

 brings forth its fruit with seeds. Then if you sow 

 the seeds, young plants grow up like the old parent 

 plants ; root and stem, and leaves and flower > and fruit 

 and seed again. 



