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10. Pick into the skin with a pin or toothpick and see 
how thick it is. What is under the skin ? 
ll. [Give out pieces of peel.] Look at a piece of the 
peel; do you see the soft juicy pulp on one side? 
Scrape this pulp off with a toothpick; hold the 
skin up to the light. Describe it. 
Vertical Section 
12. Cut an apple vertically in halves. Set the knife close 
beside the stem, but do not try to cut through the 
stem itself. Notice — 
a. The white pulp with the thin layer of skin. 
b. The core. 
c. The blossom end. 
d. The way the stem is fitted into the apple. 
13. Examine the core; notice the seeds; the core plates. 
Pick off a core plate and notice how horny it is; 
it is something like your finger nail. 
14. How do the seeds lie in the core? (This is a hard 
question, and very few children will be able to 
answer it.) 
Cross Section 
15. Cut a cross section. Notice the five-pointed star in 
the center. What does the star contain ? 
Notice how two core plates meet and make a little 
