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Pomegranate
It is hard to say which is more beautiful - a pomegranate fruit or
the brilliant red flower. The fruit has a deep red colour and is the
size of a cricket ball.
It has leathery skin and when it is opened, you find many red,
juicy seeds, which look as though they are made of glass. Each
seed has a woody, crunchy centre. Some fruits are yellowish pink
and have pink seeds. These are also very tasty.
The pomegranate tree grows to about three metres. The long
and narrow leaves are shiny and the branches have a few thorns.
In the spring, the tree is covered with scarlet flowers. The petals
look as though they are made of crinkly paper.
These flowers have no smell. The petals grow out of a red part
called the calyx. After the petals fall, the calyx begins to grow
bigger and bigger till it becomes a pomegranate with a crown.
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