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these apples which throw them out of a first -< 

 sample. Beginning with the front row, the specimen 

 upon the left is scabbed in two or three places ; the 

 next one has a worm -hole about the stem, but it is 

 otherwise perfect; the third one has a worm -hole in 

 the top, and is also shrivelled ; the end one on the 

 right was a perfect apple as it hung on the tree, but 

 when shaken off it struck a limb or the ground, and 



Fig. 92. First-class sample. 



was flattened on one side. Beginning with the left 

 apple upon the back row, it will be seen that there 

 is a bad insect blemish upon the side ; the second 

 one has a puncture in the side ; the third one, on 

 top, is perfect in itself (as a specimen), but it is of 

 very inferior size for apples of its class ; the last 

 apple upon the right has a worm -hole in the blos- 

 som end, and is withered. Fig. 92 shows a first- 

 class sample. Fig. 93 (page 408) shows a barrel of 



