HOW FRUITS ARE FORMED lWigs: 
forms, the outer fleshy parts unite to form a collection 
of little drupes. 
The apple is an interesting fruit. It would be difficult 
por you to read the entire story, because older students 
are not sure that they know 
just what parts are united in 
the apple fruit. Cut an apple 
crosswise. You see the seeds — 
inside. How many chambers, 

or locules, are there for seeds ? 
What does each one of these 
locules represent? I shall not 

Fic. 215. Drupe or stone fruit ask you what the fleshy part 
of peach. | 
of the apple represents, for we 
are not sure that we know. It was once thought to be 
the calyx grown very thick and fleshy. You see at the 
small end of: the apple the dried ends of the sepals. 
But perhaps these sepals 
only rested on the edge of 
the receptacle which 1s 
joined to the outer part of 
the compound pistil. If this 
is so, then the receptacle 

gTOWS very large and fleshy Fig. 216. Fruit of strawberry and 
and forms the fleshy part of teat 
the apple. This is most likely. Compare the soanioale 
of the rose flower. The rose flower is a near relative 
