I had the impression from Esau's plant anatomy text that juice sacs are only 1
or 2 huge cells.
Gary Cote wrote:
> One possibility that may not work because it's a bit messy is an orange.
> The sections are made up of little "juice vesicles" which are very visible
> to the eye and contain only about a hundred cells. Should be visible with
> a hand lens. Of course, the reason they're so big is the same reason
> they're so messy -- huge vacuoles full of juice. Any citrus should do as
> well.
>> Gary Cote
>> At 10:17 PM 9/11/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >Dear Folks,
> >I'm teaching a non-majors plant biology course this semester, and I'm
> >starting a section on cells. I'm trying to include as much real
> >observation of things as I can, but am constrained by the fact that there
> >is no lab, and the class meets in an auditorium.
> >Here's what I'd like to do, and I send this out to you all in hopes that
> >someone knows how to achieve it. I'd like to pass around a leaf or chunk
> >of tissue that has cells of enough size to be seen with a 5X hand lens.
> >I'm only shooting for them being able to see the outlines of the cells, but
> >not anything within. Any candidates?
> >Thanks,
> >Kathleen Archer
> >
> >
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