64 GENERAL PRINCIPLES, 



Mound. — When the outline is nearly round (fig. 55) 



FORMS OF PEACHES. 



There is too much uniformity in the forms of peaches 

 to render tlie adoption of any set of terms descriptive of 

 them very serviceable. They are mostly rounds occasion- 

 ally approaching to ohlong ^ndi oval; the sides ai-e fre- 

 quently compressed, flattened, exhibiting a suture or fur- 

 row, running from the point to the base ; the width, 

 depth, etc., of this suture are, in many cases, peculiar, or 

 at least worthy of note. 



FORMS OF PLUMS. 



Plums are round, oval, or oblong, as the peach, and 

 marked, in some cases, by a similar flattening of the sides, 

 and by the suture. 



FORMS OF CHERRIES. 



Cherries are round or heart-shaped ; obtuse heart- 

 shaped, when too round to be fully heart-shaped ; and 

 pointed, when the point is more than ordinarily sharp, or 

 peaked. The suture is also taken note of, as in plums 

 and peaches. 



Gooseberries and Grapes are always round or oval. 

 Currants, always round. Strawberries, round, conical or 

 oval, sometimes with a neck ; that is, the base is drawn 

 out at the stem in the form of a narrow neck. Haspber- 

 ries are conical, roundish or long. 



3d. Color. — The color of fruits dej^ends much on their 

 exposure to the sun's rays. We find that in orchard trees, 

 where the lieads are dense, and a largo portion of the fruit 

 shaded and shut out from the sun, there is a great diflfer- 

 ence in the color ; indeed, so great, frequently, as to make 

 their identity, from appearance, quite doubtful. Varieties 



