THE POME 



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a very striking superficial resemblance, they are radically differ- 

 ent; the former representing a single*, rather large flower 

 with many pistils, and the latter a number of very small flowers, 

 each having a single pistil. None of the above are true berries 

 from the botanical viewpoint, but the name is so closely asso- 



FIG. 62. The peach, the drupe type of fruit. 



ciated with them that it is practically impossible to make a 

 change. 



The pome is a fruit in which the ovary, or ovaries, the 

 calyx and receptacle are united, both becoming fleshy. The tips 

 of the sepals persist at the blossom end of the fruit and the 



