Question
please any hints you can offer would be GREATLY appreciated. My 8 year old son is doing a science project which he needs to formulate a hypothesis and get research on why different apples have different numbers of seeds. Do you have and info that would help mor any leads where to look? remember this is only a 3rd grade project.
Thanks, the lost mom with no science skills

Answer
Hi Marguerite,
Thank you for your question. Your question is a homework question and generally, that's not what I'm here for.  I'm just an amateur horticulturalist.  But, I'll give it a shot anyay.

I use Google.com  to begin all my research.  I typed in the following:

Why do different apples have different seeds?

Here is the link for the results:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=why+do+different+apples+have+different+numb...

Just paste it in your browser address bar and it will show you the same results I received.  

Here are two interesting links from that search that I though might be helpful to you and your child.

http://www.geocities.com/perfectapple/science.html

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bot00/bot00413.htm

Good luck!  I hope this helps.
Tom