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EXPLANATION OF TERMS. 



sides are nearly parallel, as Kaiehn's Spitzenburgh 

 fig. 84. 



Obtuse, when the parts are rounded or blunt. 

 Acute, when any part, as the neck of a pear, tapers to 

 nearly a point. 



Fruits may partake of forms variously combined, as, 

 Roimd'ovate, when nearly round, with a slight rounded 

 taper to apex, as Lady's Sweeting, fig. 85. 



Rou7id- conical, nearly the same as the last, but with the 

 taper less rounded. 



Oblong' conical, as Yellow Bellflower. 

 Oblo7ig-ovate, as Black Gilliflower. 



Ob I ate- conical, as Rhode Island Greening, and Hawthorn- 

 dean, fig. 86. 



Depressed, pressed down, sunk, or shortened, applied to 

 the apex of peaches, strawberries, &c. 



Flattened at the ends when the base and apex only are 

 flattened, as Winter Pearmain. An oblong fruit, though 

 not flat, may be flattened at ends ; a conical fruit may be 

 flattened at base. 



Co/7/pressed, pressed together, when the sides are flattened, 

 as in some apricots, plums, &c. 



The CAVITY is the hollow in which the stalk or stem of a 

 fruit is placed. 



The BASIN is the depression 

 whijh contains the calyx, eye, 

 or remains of the blossom. 



A cavity may be shallow, 

 narrow, deep, or broad. 



It may be obtuse, or some- 

 what blunt or rounded at bottom, 

 as in the Petre pear and Pomme 

 Grise apple, fig. 87. 



Aaite, when simply ending 



in a sharp point at bottom, as 



Baldwin, fig. 88. 



Acuminate, when ending in a long drawn out taper, as 



Fall Pippin, fig. 89. The Holland and Fail Pippin are 



distinguished from each other by the rather obtur:e cavity 



of the former, and acuminate cavity of the latter. 



The BASIN is always narrow in any fruit having a narrow 



