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This class, though a large one according to 

 Dr. Lucas, and divisible into five orders, 

 seems to be unrepresented in America. 



CLASS XIV. POINTED APPLES. 



Size mostly medium large, only seldom very 

 large. 



Form long conic or truncated conic, often ir- 

 regular. 



Skin smooth, shining, fine, seldom with bloom, 

 self-colored or splashed, never striped. 



Flesh loose and mellow, sweetish, subacid or 

 purely acid. 



CQTC regular, mostly closed. 



A small group, ill defined and unrecogniz- 

 able among American apples. 



CLASS XV. OBLATE APPLES. 

 Size small, medium or large. 

 Form distinctly oblate, or oblate-conic, always 



broader than high. 

 Skin smooth, shining, tough, self-colored or 



splashed, never striped, usually covered with 



bloom. 

 Flesh white or greenish white, mostly firm, seldom 



mellow or spongy, distinctly either sweet or 



sour, never really aromatic. 

 Core mostly regular and closed. 



Hawthornden is the only apple known in 



