4 CLASSIFICATION OF FRUIT. 



The other character, proportion, is as unchangeable in varieties as in species. Tliese 

 proportions relate to the heigiit and breadth, and the comparative width of the ends. Wlien 

 the breadtli and height are nearly eijual, the fruit appears elongated, as in the Gilliflovver 

 and Yellow Bellefleur. On the contrary, when the fruit is round, and especially when 

 shortened, the width very much exceeds the length, but the ends may be equal or unequal. 

 The proportions must be determined by measurement. The eye will, it is true, detect the 

 characters of the extremes, but will be deceived in many instances as it regards height and 

 breadth. 



By the employment, then, of these characters which I have briefly considered, I propose 

 to arrange the apples into classes and orders ; taking, however, the season of ripening as 

 the basis of the first general division. According to this scheme, this fruit will be arranged 

 in the following manner : 



I. SUMMER APPLES. 



Class I. Fruit red and striped or mottled, or splashed with red. 



Class II. Yellow, or yellow with an orange or red blush ; green, or green with a brown or 



reddish brown blush. 



