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GENERAL PKlNClPLES. 



of the fruit, as the skin, flesh (T, fig. 4:>), core {E, fig. 42), 

 seeds {D), or stones, ste7)is {A), and in kernel fruits, the 

 c((lj/x (JB), has, in some cases, marked peculiarities and in 

 others, they are more minute and scarcely perceptible ; but 



yet, in a strictly scientilic 

 study of })omology, they 

 are of more or less service. 

 It w ould be foreign to the 

 purposes of this work to 

 notice these points in de- 

 tail ; all that is deemed 

 necessary, useful, or ap- 

 propriate, is to point out 

 well-defined ami practi- 

 cal distinctions, and the 



FijJ. 42 — VEUTICAI. SECTION OF AN f p.. ii . -V . .'I 1 



APPLE, SHOWING ITS DIFFERENT PAUTs. 1^1 uis ortiiuaniy maue 



A, the base ; £, the eye ; C\ the fleeli ; D, USC of in popular de- 

 the seed ;£", the core ; A, stem ; B, calyx. scrilttioilS. 



Cd. Different Parts of the Fruit: 



The Base (^1) is the end in which tlie stem is inserted. 



The Eye {£) is the opposite end, in the apple, pear, 

 .dtc, that have an adhering calyx. 



The JVeck, in pears, the contracted part near the stalk, 

 as seen in fig. 50. 



The Point is the end opposite the stem in stone fruits, 

 berries, etc., that have no calyx, and consequently no 

 eye. 



The Pength is the distance from stem to point, or eye, 

 A to i?, fig. 42. 



The Width, a line cutting the fruit across, or at right 

 angles with the length. 



The P((sin, the depression around the eye, or calyx, in 

 kernel fruit, B, fig. 42. 



The Cavity, the depression around the stem. 



The Suture, in stone frnits, the furrow-like depression 

 running from the base to the point. 



