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DESCRIBING GRAPES 



THE grape, being considerably different 

 from other fruits, requires a special descrip- 

 tive form. Various styles of blanks used by 

 different pomologists are reproduced here- 

 with in Figs. 30, 32, and 33. 



The bunch should be described first with 

 respect to length. This entry may be made 

 in comparative terms merely, as long, medium 

 long, or short, or it may be given in absolute 

 inches or centimeters. Perhaps it is as good 

 a plan as any to use both methods side by 

 side, giving the general relative size of the 

 bunches, and then adding the exact measure- 

 ment of some typical bunch. The breadth of 

 the bunch may be treated in the same way. 



The form of the bunch requires more care- 

 ful study. This may be round, elliptical, 

 ovate, long, regular, or irregular, or it may 

 occasionally take some other form. 



The shoulder of a bunch is that portion 

 which branches out from the main axis of the 

 bunch near the base (in this case, near the 



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