II] CLASSIFICATION OF FRUITS 27 



The foregoing will suffice to show the student the 

 principal types of fruits and at the same time how 

 complex fruits may be, and the impossibility of defining 

 them in all cases. The fact that many fruits partake of 

 the characters of more than one type is alone sufficient to 

 render the task of classifying them exhaustively well nigh 

 impossible. 



The only way to really understand the various types 

 of fruits is to trace their origin from the pistil, and their 

 transitional forms in closely allied plants and groups of 

 plants. 



