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GENEEAL PErNCIPLES. 



Berries. — ^These have soft, pulpy flesh, containing seeds 



without capsules, as the gooseherry^ currant., raspberry^ 



strawberry^ and grajpe. 



Wuts., or capsule fruit, as the filbert., cliestnut., etc., the 



fruits of which are nuts contained in husks or cups, 



that when ripe, open and let the fruit drop. 



The outlines or forms of fruits and their colors exhibit 



great variations, even in the same species. Every portion 



of the fruit, the sMn^ flesh {C\ fig. 41), core {D, fig. 41), 



seeds {E) or stones., 

 stems {A)., and in ker- 

 nel fruits the c i yx 

 [B), have all, in some 

 cases, marked peculi- 

 arities, and in other? 

 more minute and 

 scarcely perceptible ; 

 but yet in a strictly 

 scientific study of po- 

 mology, of more or 

 less ser^^ce. It would 

 be foreign to the pur- 

 poses of this work to 

 notice these points in detail ; all that is deemed necessary, 

 useful, or appropriate, is to point out well-defined and 

 practical distinctions, and the tenns ordinarily made use 

 of in popular descriptions. 



3d. Diferent 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 I)fech, in pears, the contracted part near the stalk, as 



seen in fig. 49. 

 The Point is the end opposite the stem in stone fraits ; 



Fig. 41 



Fig. il, vertical section ( f an apple, showing 

 its difl'erent parts. A, the base. B, the eye. 

 C, the flesh. D, the core. E, the seed. A, stem. 

 JS, calyx. 



