Classification of Apples. 195 



tints may prevail over the whole surface, but they are never arrayed in 

 stripes or splashes. 



The SECOND SUBSECTION includes all st7-iped apples. These stripes and 

 splashes, of various tints of red, are more or less developed. In some 

 specimens, there may be but an occasional short broken splash ; and, on the 

 other extreme, some varieties are so covered with the commingled stripes 

 as to appear wholly red : but a careful examination will demonstrate darker 

 streaks, and shaded specimens from the same tree will show the striping 

 very plainly. This character, though only one of coloration, which is 

 lightly esteemed by botanists, is found to be very reliable in pomology-. 



The last subdivision of this classification is the third subsection, 

 which includes the apples that are russeted. 



CONSPECTUS OF THE CLASSIFICATION. 



Class I. — Flat apples. 

 Class II. — Conic, or tapering. 

 Class III. — Round, or globular. 

 Class IV. — Oblong, or oval. 

 Order I. — Regular apples. 

 Order II. — Irregular, or angular. 

 Section i. — Sweet. 

 Section 2. — Sour, or subacid. 

 SubsectioJi i. — Self-colored. 

 Subsection 2. — Striped. 

 Subsection 3. — Russeted. 



This is the classification adopted in the volume of American Pomology 

 devoted to the consideration of the Apple, and which is soon to be pre- 

 sented to the public. The author bespeaks for it the kind consideration 

 of his friends, the readers of " The Journal of Horticulture," or as many of 

 them as may be interested in the study of pomology. 



„ „ jfoJm A. Warder. 



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