142 THE CHERRY 
its peculiar shape and the /ines which are on it. 
There are several lines on one side and one on 
the opposite side. Follow these lines until they 
meet, and see if you can find the white spot 
that showed when you pulled out the stem. 
Lay the stone on your desk and lay the cherry stem 
below it so that the right end of the stem fits the 
right spot on the stone. Then lay a cherry beside 
it with the stem nearest you, and you will see that 
the pointed end of the stone goes into the pointed 
end of the cherry. Look at the half cherry and 
see that this is true. 
10. There is an up and down to the stone; there is also 
aright and a left. Examine the stone carefully 
and see the difference in the two sides. 
Cross Section 
ll. Make a cross section of another cherry. Notice the 
crimson pulp ; the pale lines in the pulp; the dark 
outer ring of the skin; the stone. 
Notice also that the pulp is the same thickness all 
around the stone. 
12. There is now.a problem for you to solve with regard 
to the stone and the cherry. Exactly how does 
