THE APPLE TREE. 



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receptacle now increases rapidly in size, and becomes fleshy ; the 

 weight of the fruit presently causes it to become inverted. In the 

 mature fruit the sepals are still to be seen in the eye or hollow at 

 the top of the apple, opposite the hollow at the base into which 

 the stalk is inserted. The inner dry part of the ovary with the five 

 seeds make up the core. 



The Apple Tree is usually in flower by the middle of May, 

 and about September the green fruit turns to yellow, red and brown. 

 There are numberless varieties of apples, some with polished cheeks, 

 some with dull; some evenly spherical in shape, others "dimpled." 

 They vary no less in size ; but whether they are two or four 

 inches in diameter the character of the apple is unmistakeable. 



APPLE TREES IN THE HOP GARDEN. 



