Thank you to all who have tried to help.

If you check my original post, you will see this link to a picture of
the objects in question. This is a closeup of the stem looking down
into the depression where the stem is attached. I have reworked this
image to remove some contrast and maybe the unknow material will be
more clearly exposed.

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

Aaron

On 06 Nov 2004 13:13:42 GMT, (Iris Cohen) wrote:

Just to set the orthographic record straight:
McIntosh is the apple.
Macintosh is the Apple computer.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra