Aaron wrote in
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I don;t think this is part of the original plant. Upon further
observation it seems to be a fungus of some sort.

Anyone with further ideas.

Aaron

On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 09:28:50 -0600, Monique Reed
wrote:

Did you perhaps have the remains of the anthers?

M. Reed

Aaron wrote:

Tonight I happened to observe a fresh Macintosh apple under a
stereomicroscope looking for any strange wild life. In the area
of the flower and the stem depressions there were many small
bright red hemispherical bodies approx 0.25 millimeter in size.
The bodies did not move.

Here is a picture of the stem showing them. .

http://home.comcast.net/~nghy/mywebp...st/apple02.jpg

Does anyone recognize what I was observing?

Thanks
Aaron
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Based on the magnification, they probably aren't the remains of the
anthers, but do look like pollen grains. The anthers on the Fuji
apple in my refrigerator are much larger than those items (in
relation to the stigma), and seem to reliably stay attached to the
filament.
Compare the structure as you can see it with this image
http://www.cci.ca.gov/Reference/Pollen/crabapol.jpg

Sean