THE FLOWER AND THE FRUIT 21 



neatly five-celled (Fig. 5). In each cell 



are two ovules; these, if all goes well, 



will ripen into ten seeds. These five 



cells comprise most of the diameter in 



_ . , the cross-section : but as the ovary en- 



5. Cross-section of . •' 



the ovary. larges and the young fruit grows, one 



may see that the inner part comprising 



the cells begins to have a character of its own and to be 



differentiated from the surrounding flesh. 



The "blossom" falls. In reality only the petals fall. 

 What is left is well shown in Fig. 6. Here remain the 

 upstanding stamens with the empty anthers, and in the 

 center one could see the five styles if the specimen were 

 in hand. Here also are the calyx-lobes, widely spreading 

 and even recurved. The photograph for Fig. 6 was taken 

 May 3. On May 17 another cluster was photographed 

 from the same tree (Fig. 7). Three of the flowers have 

 produced sturdy young apples. The stems or pedicels 

 have become stouter, and they begin to spread. Note 

 that the calyx now is closed, the old stamens protruding, 

 a circumstance that will have special significance when 

 we become acquainted with the codlin-moth. Note also 

 that one flower has failed, and remains as it was two 

 weeks earlier ; it will soon fall. The young apples begin 

 to take shape. They show a glow of red on the cheek. 

 They are fuzzy all over. One of them is already injured 

 on one side, having been stung by a curculio or other 

 insect: there are keen senses about the apple-tree. 



Two weeks later (May 31) still another cluster was 

 taken from the same tree (Fig. 8). Here are three fruits 

 erect on their stems; one of them is more than an inch 



