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GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 



Fig. 42. VERTICAL SECTION OF AN 

 APPLE, SHOWING ITS DIFFERENT PARTS. 



A, the base ; B. the eye ; (7, the flesh ; D, 

 the seed ; E, the core ; A, stem ; B, calyx. 



of the fruit, as the skin, flesh ( C, fig. 42), core (E, fig. 42), 

 seeds (D), or stones, stems (A), and in kernel fruits, the 

 calyx (B), has, in some cases, marked peculiarities, and in 

 others, they are more minute and scarcely perceptible ; but 



yet, in a strictly scientific 

 study of pomology, they 

 are of more or less service. 

 It would be foreign to the 

 purposes of this work to 

 notice these points in de- 

 tail ; all that is deemed 

 necessary, useful, or ap- 

 propriate, is to point out 

 well-defined and practi- 

 cal distinctions, and the 

 terms ordinarily made 

 use of in popular de- 

 scriptions. 

 3d. Different Parts of the Fruit: 

 The Base (A) is the end in which the stem is inserted. 

 The Eye (B) is the opposite end, in the apple, pear, 

 etc., that have an adhering calyx. 



The Neck, in pears, the contracted part near the stalk, 

 as seen in fig. 50. 



The Point is the end opposite the stem in stone fruits, 

 berries, etc., that have no calyx, and consequently no 

 eye. 



The Length is the distance from stem to point, or eye, 

 A to B, fig. 42. 



The Width, a line cutting the fruit across, or at right 

 angles with the length. 



The Basin, the depression around the eye, or calyx, in 

 kernel fruit, B, fig. 42. 



The Cavity, the depression around the stem. 

 The Suture, in stone fruits, the furrow-like depression 

 running from the base to the point. 



