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THE PEAR 
round hollow. This end of the pear is called 
the blossom end, because the petals were attached 
here just inside the five points and around the 
hollow. 
16. Hold the half of the pear with the stem in it in 
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the left hand. With the right hand gently raise 
the stem and pull it toward the core. Do this 
slowly and see how the fibers fit into the pear. 
Pull the stem quite out and find the paint brush 
on the end of the stem. Rub this back and forth 
on a bit of paper and notice how hard and bristly 
the fibers are. 
Look at the plate in the book and notice the leaves 
of the pear. What is the shape of a leaf? 
Examine the edge. What kind of an edge is this? 
What is it called? What other fruit has a leaf 
with this sort of an edge? 
Look back over the other lessons and find leaves 
with this edge. 
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In the picture of the pear there is a drawing of a twig in 
blossom. The flowers are white and have five petals. In the 
center of each flower is a little tuft of fine, white hairs, on most 
of which is a reddish or yellowish ball. The balls contain a 
