What is the height of the trunk?
Measure the girth of the trunk of the largest?
Are the leaf buds and flower buds more numerous near the inside of the tree top or more numerous at the outer part of the top?
To the teacher.—When discussing the answers to the above problems, develop the conception of the convenience of the low stature of the tree for gathering the apples, of the wide-spreading branches for bearing a large crop, of the stoutness of the trunk for supporting the weight, and also of the position of the buds as adapting them for securing sunshine.
CLASS-ROOM LESSON ON THE APPLE TREE
Materials.—Twigs bearing flower and leaf buds. These are gathered by the pupils from the apple trees that were studied during the field exercises.
Each pupil finds on his twig the objects and markings, etc., as in the following outline:
Describe the shape of the twig.
Where were the apples that grew last year attached?