8 BRITISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



DIEL'S CLASSIFICATION. 



CLASS I. RIBBED APPLES. 



L They are furnished with very prominent, but regular ribs round 

 the eye, extending also over the fruit, but which do not render the shape 

 irregular. — 2. Having wide, open, and very irregular cells. 



OEDER I. TRUE CALVILLES. 



L They taper from about the middle of the fruit towards the eye. — 

 2. They are covered with bloom when on the tree. — 3. They have, 

 or acquire by keeping, an unctuous skin. — 4. They are not distinctly 

 and purely striped. — 5. They have light, spongy, delicate flesh. — 

 6. They have a strawberry or raspberry flavor. 



ORDER II. SCHLOTTERAPFEL. 



L The skin does not feel unctuous. — 2. They are not covered with 

 bloom. — 3. They are either of a flat, conical, cylindrical, or tapering 

 form. — 4. They have not a balsamic, but mostly a sweetish or sourish 

 flavor. — 5. They have a granulous, loose, and coarse-grained flesh. 



ORDER III. GULDERLINGE. 



L They are not balsamic like Order I., but of an aromatic flavor. — 

 2. They have a fine flesh, almost like that of the Reinettes. — 3. They 

 are either of a conical or flat shape. — 4. They are most prominently 

 ribbed round the eye. 



CLASS II. ROSENAPFEL— ROSE APPLES. 



L They are covered with blue bloom when on the tree. — 2. They 

 have not unproportionally large, but often only regular cells. — 3. They 

 emit a pleasant odor when briskly rubbed. — 4. The skin does not feel 

 unctuous. — 5. They are handsomely and regularly ribbed round the eye, 

 and often also over the fruit. — 6. They have a tender, loose, spongy, 

 and mostly fine-grained flesh. — 7. They have a fine rose, fennel, or anise 

 flavor. — 8. They are mostly of short duration, and are often only 

 summer, or autumn apples. — 9. They are mostly striped like a tulip. 



ORDER I. FRUIT TAPERING OR OBLONG. 



ORDER II. FRUIT ROUND OR FLAT. 



CLASS III. RAMBOURS. 



1. They are all large apples, and comprise the largest sorts. — 

 2. They have mostly, or almost always, two unequal halves, namely 

 one side lower than the other. — 3. They are constantly furnished with 

 ribs round the eye, which are broad, rising irregularly the one above 

 the other, and extending over the fruit, so as to render it irregular in its 

 shape ; they are al?o compressed and have one ^ide higher than the 

 other. — 4. They are constantly broader than high, and only sometimes 



