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Name: TaMara J.
Status: student
Age: 5
Location: N/A
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Date: 2001-2002
Question:
Are there different sizes and number of seeds in each kind of apple?

Replies:
A number of possible related reasons:

cultivar (kind of apple), tree history (including previous crop, tree age, growth regulation, pruning, blossom density (number of flowers per branch), pollination, and climatic effects (such as temperature rainfall, humidity, and wind).

Anthony R. Brach, Ph.D.


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