Emily Kwong
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
And then once the flowers are ready, Susan and her team go through all the trees.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
And Emily, get this.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
They have to pollinate each individual flower by hand.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
So she hand pollinates that stigma in the center of the flower.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
And it's a ton of work.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
She brings in her kids.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
She brings in her grad students.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
They have to pollinate each flower on each tree twice.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
It all takes place over the span of two weeks because they have to do it in the span of time where the apples are flowering.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
It's totally exhausting.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
So they're racing around like bees.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
They're impersonating these bees, flying all about, hand pollinating these apple flowers.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
Then what happens?
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
Time passes.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
The trees bear apple fruit, which have seeds inside.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
Are these the seeds inside the apple fruits?