Apple Puzzle Instructions

Let Orchard Help Bring Your Apple Pieces Together
Thank you for visiting the Orchard apple puzzle webpage. We created this page to give you some helpful hints to aid in the successful assembly of your Orchard 3D apple puzzle.

Some people enjoy working on a puzzle with no hints at all, while others look for step-by-step instructions. For those who wish to solve the puzzle with minimal help, we provided three very basic instructions and helpful hints on the side of the puzzle box. For those who prefer more help, this webpage provides additional hints and more detailed instructions to aid you in the successful assembly of your Orchard 3D apple puzzle.

Note that if you are brave enough to tackle the puzzle using only the instructions on the side of the apple puzzle box, allow yourself 30–60 minutes to solve it. Reading the hints below will take out some of the guesswork and should shorten your assembly time.
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Helpful Hints:

Hint #1
This is a 3D puzzle that forms an apple.
Hint #2
There are 44 total pieces, including:

• Two sets of 21 matching pieces
• One green stem/leaf
• One center post

Hint #3
It is best to build the two halves of the apple by using the two sets of 21 pieces:

1. Organize the 21 matching pieces into pairs.
2. Locate the two “outside” pieces, the two matching pieces with white type—one piece with “Orchard Software Bringing Diagnostic Information Together,” and the other with “Orchard Software Your Strategic Partner in Lab Informatics.”
3. Starting with these two pieces, add pieces that fit.

The challenge begins here. Notice the curve and shape of the apple as you add pieces. Match the curve and the shape to find the next piece. Remember, you are building two halves—each half is assembled the same way with one of each of the 21 pieces.

Detailed Assembly Instructions

• Use the diagram below to match each piece.
• Lay them out in the order outlined by the diagram to create two sets of 21 pieces each.
• Begin with the “outside pieces” (with the white type), labeled #1 in the diagram.
• Then, add piece #2 to it, followed by piece #3 and so on. Repeat for each half until you have two completed halves with only the stem/leaf and the center post remaining.

• Next, place one half in your hand and lay the stem into the slot at the top.
• While keeping the stem in the slot, grab the second half and bring the two halves together.
• Finally, once the two halves are secured together, insert the center post (slotted end first) into the hole at the center of the apple, pushing it all the way through to the other end.

Congratulations! You have successfully solved the Orchard apple puzzle.
Orchard Software: Bringing Diagnostic Information Together
We are happy to help you put your apple puzzle pieces together, just as we bring diagnostic information together for laboratories of all shapes and sizes. Orchard’s various laboratory information systems serve more than 1,400 laboratories across the country. If you would like to learn more about Orchard or any of our lab system products, please contact us at (800) 856-1948, complete a Request For Information form, or email us at sales@orchardsoft.com.