10 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Group I. Fi;uit red, almost entirely covered with red. 



Group II. Fruit parti-colored; yellow; very much striped or 

 washed with red. 



Group III. Fruit yellow; of a whitish, greenish, or golden 

 yellow. 



Order 2. PSEUDO-CALVILLES. 



1. The cells are almost the same as the true Calvilles very large 

 and open. 



2. The calycinal tube is wide and generally very short. 



3. They are slightly narrowed toward the eye and flattened 

 toward the stalk. 



4. Their ribs are very prominent, especially around the eye. 



5. They are aromatic, and have not the balsamic flavor of the 

 true Calvilles. 



6. Their flesh is fine, opaque, a little succulent, and almost equal 

 to the Reinettes. Groups I II, III, as above. 



Class II. Mala Pyraria (Pear-shaped). 



Their flavor is neither balsamic nor aromatic; they are purely 

 sweet or acid; their flesh is granulous and loose. 



Order 1. TREMARIA. Seeds loose. 



1. They are almost always large apples, the skin of which is 

 neither unctuous nor covered with bloom. 



2. They are also furnished with ribs, but they are not so regular 

 as in the Calvilles. 



3. The cells are very large, irregular, widened, and generally open. 



4. The calycinal tube is most generally widely conical, and does 

 not extend to the cells. 



5. They are of a flattened, conical, cylindrical, or pointed shape. 



6. Their flesh is loose, more often a little coarse, and of a slightly 

 balsamic flavor. 



7. The leaves of these trees are very large, rather deeply dentated, 

 and less downy than those of the Calvilles. 



Group I. Unicolores. Green, greenish, yellow, or golden yellow, 

 and slightly tinged with red. 



Group II. Bicolores. Yellow or green, and distinctly striped or 

 washed with red. 



