Terms used in Describing Fruits. 



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Compressed, pressed together when the sides are flattened, as in 

 some apricots, plums, etc. 



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 somewhat blunt or rounded at bottom, as in 

 the Petre pear and Pomme Grise apple, Fig. 218. 



Acute, when simply ending in a sharp point at bottom, as the 

 Baldwin, Fig. 219. 



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

 Pippin, Fig. 220. 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 or 



Fig. 218. Obtuse. 



219. 



Fig. 220. 



pointed apex, Fig. 221 ; it is usually wide in fruits having a wide or 

 obtuse apex, as the Rambo, Fig. 222 ; but where the rim or bound- 

 ary is broad and obtuse, the basin may be narrow, as in the St Law- 

 rence and Gravenstein, Fig. 223. 



Fig. 221. 



Fig. 222 



Fig. 223. 



Fig. 224. 



It is distinft when well denned. 



Abrupt, when the depression breaks off suddenly from the rim, 

 Fig. 224. 



