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Name: Linda Lou S.
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Age: 40s
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Date: 1999-2001
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Why are apples sweeter on the bottom, than on the stem end?

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Perhaps the following image may help with visualizing the apple fruit, and possibly how the fructose concentration is related to its position and origin.

http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/260/Rosaceae/Slide46.html

Anthony R. Brach


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