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And finish with;
the cut surfaces of the Hawthorn slowly lose their whiteness.
Similar to cut apple dis-colorouring, the exposed faces become increaingly orange.
Foodstuff enzymatic browning.
Catechol oxidase.
That the cut Hawthorn surface goes orange, rather than say the brown of a cut apple,
shows the lack of 'life' in the central woody tissues of the trunk.
Next time I'll see of I can get a picture of the cut edge of the bark layer,
which should show greater dis-colouration.
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