02/19/2024
The fruit is an apple arising from the inferior o***y. The gynoecium is enclosed in the inferior o***y. As the fruit develops, the carpels become cartilaginous, parchment-like, and leathery. A cross-section of the fetus clearly shows the boundary between the tissues of the hypanthium and the tissues of the o***y, outlined by a circle of more densely spaced cells and vascular bundles