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Known by name
Apples have been grown for
so long that there are now many
different varieties to choose from.
Each variety has its own name.
This apple is a Red Delicious.
Seeds Apple blossom
After an apple flower is pollinated,
the base of the flower swells up
around the seeds to make the
fruit, which is the apple.
An apple’s seeds
are surrounded Flowers and seeds are
by the thick, hidden inside the fig.
juicy flesh.
The fig’s hidden secret
No matter how much you
search, you will never see
blossom on a fig tree. This
is because each fig is filled
with hundreds of tiny flowers.
Figs are pollinated by
a tiny female wasp. It What do a tomato, a cucumber,
squeezes through a and a pod full of peas have in common?
hole in the end of the Y ou may think they are vegetables, but,
fig and spreads pollen strictly speaking, they are fruits, because
over the flowers inside.
they all contain seeds.
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