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SYNOPSIS OF ARRANGEMENT. 



DIVISION I. SUMMER PEARS. 



CLASS I. Distintt pyriform. 



CLASS II. Obscure pyriform, obovate, or turbinate. 



CLASS III. Roundish or oblate. 

 DIVISION II. AUTUMN PEARS. 



CLASS I. Distinct pyriform. 



CLASS II. Obscure pyriform, obovate, or turbinate. 



CLASS III. Roundish or oblate. 

 DIVISION III. WINTER PEARS. 



CLASS I. Distinfl pyriform. 



CLASS II. Obscure pyriform, obovate, or turbinate. 



CLASS III. Roundish or oblate. 



FURTHER CLASSIFICATION OF FORMS. 



In addition to the several general forms mentioned in the preced- 

 ing synopsis, the shape is more particularly designated by compari- 

 son with well known sorts. No fruit has so many forms as the pear 

 in its different varieties ; and to assist the fruit-grower in preserving 

 a recollection of the distinctive characters of each, these forms are 

 classified in the following pages. The distinction between pyriform, 

 obovate, and oblate, which constitute the three principal divisions, 

 has been already pointed out in the chapter on describing fruits ; 

 but there are many subdivisions, or less distinct modifications, which, 

 if accurately observed, would additionally distinguish the different 

 varieties. For example, PYRIFORM pears may be divided into Bart- 

 lett-shaped, where the general form is oblong, but both body and 

 neck rounded and obtuse ; Winkfield-form, longer and less obtuse ; 

 Bosc-shaped, when the body is broad and the neck long and narrow ; 

 Tyson-form, similar to Bosc, but with a shorter and acute neck ; 

 Urbaniste-form, shorter and less distinctly pyriform ; Diel-shaped, 

 where the body is large and rounded, and the neck short and obtuse ; 

 Madeleine-shaped, similar to the last, but of smaller body and lighter 

 form. 



Obovate pears may be either Doyenne-form, when they slightly 

 approach pyriform ; Buffum-shaped, or distinct obovate, when 

 gradually rounded towards the stem with no approach to a neck ; 

 or Bloodgood-shaped, similar to the last, but often shorter and taper- 

 ing, or rounded into the stalk. 



These forms are, of course, more or less variable in the same 

 varieties, but those more generally prevailing are adopted. 



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