108 EXPLANATION OF TERMS. 



sides are nearly parallel, as Kaighn's Spitzenburgh ; 

 fig. 84. 



Obtuse, when the parts are rounded or blunt. 

 Acute, when any part, as the neck of a pear, tapers to 

 nearly a point. 



Fruits may partake of forms variously combined, as, 

 Round-ovate, when nearly round, with a slight rounded 

 taper to apex, as Lady's Sweeting, fig. 85. 



Round-conical, nearly the same as the last, but with the 

 taper less rounded. 



Oblong- conical, as Yellow Bellflower. 

 Oblong-ovate, as Black Gilliflower. 



Ob late- conical, as Rhode Island Greening, and Hawthorn- 

 dean, fig. 86. 



Depressed, pressed down, sunk, or shortened, applied to 

 the apex of peaches, strawberries, &c. 



Flattened at the ends when the base and apex only are 

 flattened, as Winter Pearmain. An oblong fruit, though 

 not fiat, may be flattened at ends ; a conical fruit may be 

 flattened at base. 



Compressed, pressed together, when the sides are flattened, 

 as in some apricots, plums, &c. 



The CAVITY is the hollow in which the stalk or stem of a 

 fruit is placed. 



The BASIN is the depression 

 which contains the calyx, eye, 

 or remains of the blossom. 



A cavity may be shallow , 

 narrow, deep, or broad. 



It may be obtuse, or some- 

 what blunt or rounded at bottom, 

 as in the Petre pear and Pomme 

 Grise apple, fig. 87. 



Acute, when simply ending 

 in a sharp point at bottom, as 

 Flg -"'-~ Baldwin, fig! 88. 



Acuminate, when ending in a long drawn out taper, as 

 Fall Pippin, fig. 89. The Holland and Fall Pippin are 

 distinguished from each other by the rather obtuse cavity 

 of the former, and acuminate cavity of the latter. 



The BASIN is always narrow in any fruit having a narrow 



