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Macintosh Apples
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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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 . -- ˙WPC5 |
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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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Aaron wrote in
news 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 . 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 |
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Hello,
I went back and looked at other apples. I am sure that what I asked about is not theremainder of the flower parts. I recognized these. I am now sure that what I observed was a fungus or other infestation. It was very slight but I saw it at both the stem and flower ends. At the flower end the unknown material wa outside of the flower parts and onto the skin of the apple. Does this help in further identification. The round bodies were sherical (not oblong), bright red and irregularly spaced. The red objects were surrounded by a white filamentous material. Aaron On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:37:54 GMT, Sean Houtman wrote: Aaron wrote in news 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 . 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 |
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Aaron schreef
Does this help in further identification. The round bodies were sherical (not oblong), bright red and irregularly spaced. The red objects were surrounded by a white filamentous material. *** I can only suggest you post a picture that is a little more clear. The first one showed relatively little. PvR |
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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 |
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Aaron wrote in
: Hello, I went back and looked at other apples. I am sure that what I asked about is not theremainder of the flower parts. I recognized these. I am now sure that what I observed was a fungus or other infestation. It was very slight but I saw it at both the stem and flower ends. At the flower end the unknown material wa outside of the flower parts and onto the skin of the apple. Does this help in further identification. The round bodies were sherical (not oblong), bright red and irregularly spaced. The red objects were surrounded by a white filamentous material. The filamentous material is just some of the tomentum, or matted hairs that you get on apples, pears, and quince. Sean |
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