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somewhat egg-shaped or ovate ; oblong; or it may be intermediate between 

 some of these forms. Then let the fruit be turned at right angles to its 

 former position so as to bring either the base or the apex into full view. 

 From this point the outline of the fruit may appear round, or nearly so, 

 when it is called regular; or its sides may be compressed, elliptical; or, if 

 the fruit be somewhat ribbed, angular or ribbed. 



Round, globular, globose are terms which signify that the apple approaches 

 spherical shape. See Tompkins King, Tolman, Hyde King. In McMahon 

 the fruit is roundish inclined to conical; in Fallawater it is roundish 

 conical or a little oblate. Rhode Island Greening and French Pippin are 

 roundish oblate. 



Oblate signifies that the apple is flattened as in Canada Reinette, Doctor, 

 Lady and Menagere. The meaning of such terms as oblate conic and 

 roundish oblate is apparent. 



Conical is a term applied when the apple narrows noticeably toward 

 the apex. See Bullock, Red Canada, Westfield Seek-No-Further and White 

 Pearmain. The Black Gilliflovver is oblong conic. Occident and Opalescent 

 are roundish conic. 



Ovate. When the fruit is contracted toward both base and apex it may 

 be ovate, that is, somewhat egg-shaped. Bullock sometimes is this way 

 as also are Dickinson, Magog, Oel, and Stone. 



Oblong. When the axial diameter appears long the form may be called 

 oblong. If it narrows toward the apex it becomes oblong conic as in 

 Yellow Bellflower, or oblong inclined to conic as in Gilpin. 



Truncate. When the fruit appears as though it were cut squarely 

 across, or in other words is abruptly flattened at the end, it may be 

 called truncate. See Gilpin, Grimes and Jonathan. 



Oblique. The form is said to be oblique when the axis slants obliquely 

 as in Yellow Newtown and York Imperial. This form is sometimes 

 called lopsided but that term is more properly applied to indicate the 

 form next mentioned. 



Sides unequal or lopsided are terms applied when the fruit under normal 

 conditions has one side noticeably larger and better developed than the 

 other, as in Milwaukee, Reinette Pippin, Sutton and slightly in Westfield 

 Seek-No-Further. 



Symmetrical. When the sides are equally developed the fruit is 

 symmetrical. 



Regular. When a section through the equatorial diameter shows a 

 nearly circular outline the apple is called regular. 



Irregular is the term used if such outline be elliptical or angular. See 

 Figs. 6 and 7. 



Sides compressed or elliptical are terms also applied when the outline is 

 somewhat flattened instead of round. See Roxbury. 



Angular denotes that the sides are more or less ribbed or scalloped. 

 See Figs. 6 and 7. 



Uniform as applied to shape is a term which signifies that the different 

 fruits of the variety show comparatively little variation in form, as, for 

 example. Black Gilliflower and Wealthy. Other varieties like Canada 

 Reinette and Roxbury characteristically show considerable variation in 

 this respect. 



