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Insertion point: There are three positions of insertion of the ovary at the base of a flower: I superior; II half-inferior; III inferior. The 'insertion point' is where the androecium parts (a), the petals (p), and the sepals (s) all converge and attach to the receptacle (r). (Ovary=gynoecium (g).)
Apples are harvested using three-point ladders that are designed to fit amongst the branches. Trees grafted on dwarfing rootstocks bear about 10–80 kg (20–180 lb) of fruit per year. [48] Some farms with apple orchards open them to the public so consumers can pick their own apples. [52]
' Adams Pearmain ', also called ' Adam's Parmane ', [3] [note 1] is a cultivar of apple. It was introduced to the Horticultural Society of London in 1826 by Robert Adams, under the name ' Norfolk Pippin '. [2] The fruit is large, varying from two and a half inches to three inches high, and about the same in breadth at the widest part.
Fruit size up to 10 mm; fruit fall after flowering 72: Fruit size up to 20 mm 73: Second fruit fall 74: Fruit diameter up to 40 mm; fruit erect (T-stage: underside of fruit and stalk forming a T) 75: Fruit about half final size 76: Fruit about 60% final size 77: Fruit about 70% final size 78: Fruit about 80% final size 79: Fruit about 90% final ...
The McIntosh (/ ˈ m æ k ɪ n ˌ t ɒ ʃ / MAK-in-tosh), McIntosh Red, or colloquially the Mac, is an apple cultivar, the national apple of Canada. The fruit has red and green skin, a tart flavour, and tender white flesh, which ripens in late September. It is considered an all-purpose apple, suitable both for cooking and eating raw.
In China, farmers affix specially shaped stickers to young apples and take them off once the fruit has grown. What remains is a message or lucky symbol. The fruits, known as Rolls-Royce apples ...
SugarBee (CN121) [1] is an apple cultivar grown in the elevated orchards of Washington state. The variety was discovered by Chuck Nystrom in the early 1990s and developed in Minnesota, and is believed to be the result of an accidental cross-pollination between a Honeycrisp and another, unknown variety. [ 2 ]
The point of insertion, on the stem, of leaves or buds is a node, and the space between two successive nodes, an internode. The leaves, which emerge from the shoot, are specialised structures that carry out photosynthesis, and gas (oxygen and carbon dioxide) and water exchange.