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apple tree cares most for and has taken the greatest 

 of pains to protect. Can you think why ? (That the 

 seeds may make more apple trees.) Is it or is it not 

 well for the seeds that you like the pulp ? (By eat- 

 ing the pulp from the core the apple seeds are set 

 free ; they could not grow inside the apple.) Why is 

 it well for apple seeds that there are many different 

 kinds of apples ? (They suit the different tastes of 

 different people, and so a large number of people all 

 over the country are setting apple seeds free.) What 

 other uses are made of the pulp ? (It is stewed, fried, 

 made into pies, dumplings, salads, jelly, preserves, 

 etc., and it is dried.) 



What besides people like apples ? Do the chickens 

 eat the seeds ? Find out if this is so. What part of 

 the apple do the pigs eat ? What eat the apples that 

 are left on the trees in the winter ? 



How do the apples make known to us that their 

 seeds are ripe and ready to be set free ? (Their 

 bright colors — red, yellow, green, and russet-brown — 

 attract us.) How can the green apples attract us 

 while the leaves are still green? (They are glossy 

 and are of a different shade of green from the leaves.) 

 What gives the color to the apple ? (Its skin.) De- 

 scribe the skin. (It is thin, smooth, glossy, tough, 



