notched ; seed an acron, eal.en greedily by 

 liogs. This tree is largely used for lumber, 

 posts, shingles and baskets. 



FRUIT. 



(a) What is fruit? (Teacher exjDlain 

 fully.) 



(b) Bring ten different kinds of fruit to 

 the next recitation. 



(c) Are they all of value; if so what? 

 (Teacher explain.) 



(d) Take any kind of fruit, such as an 

 orange, lemon, apple, squash, peach, pear, 

 cucumber, pumpkin or potato, split open 

 and observe numerous small thread-like 

 bodies, forming a net work all through the 

 fleshy portion. What are these threads, 

 and of what use are they? (Teacher ex- 

 plain ) 



(e) Are all fruits round? If not, name 

 some that have other shapes 



(f) Bring six to the class that are not 

 considered round 



(g) What ones usually assume a round 

 shape and why? (Teacher. — This question 

 should be fully understood before leaving.) 



(h) Does the Irish potato (white potato) 

 bear fruit? 



(i) Sweet potatoes. 



(The teacher should make clear any 

 trouble here.) 



SHAPES. 



(a) Notice the general shape of the fol- 

 lowing trees, and be able to tell in what 

 ways they differ, viz: elm and magnolia, 

 persimmon and water oak, pear and apple 

 tree, blackgum and sweetgum, hickory and 

 yellow poplar, chinaberry and cedar trees. 



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