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first in one hand, then the other. Does it feel 
cool? Does it feel as cool as the lemon felt? 
7. Find the small dents in the skin like the dents of the 
lemon. 
Find some sma//, clean-looking spots in the skin. 
Cross Section 
8. Set the orange upon a piece of paper and make a 
cross section. Is there any juice on the paper 
when you have finished cutting? Taste it, and 
compare it with the lemon. Is it as sour as the 
lemon? Very few oranges are as sour as lemons, 
but yours may be. Some oranges are sweet. 
Which is yours? Some oranges are rather sweet, 
and some rather sour. Describe the taste of yours 
as accurately as you can. 
9. In the cross section notice — 
The circle of skin or peel on the outside, 
The juicy, orange-colored pulp inside, 
The seeds. 
The white spot in the center. 
The radiating white lines from center to skin. 
The exact number of radiating lines. [Count.] 
The number of segments. 
The fine lines inside each segment. 
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