VARIETIES OF THE APPLE. 



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Order II. Breadth greater than the lieight. 



B. Ends unequal. 

 BoRoviTSKY. Fruit angular, medium size. Stripes faint. 

 Benoni. Fruit medium size. Siiin deep red. 

 Cole. Fruit above the medium size, angular. 



The line a a (fig. 1) is drawn through 

 the base, at the junction of the stem with 

 the flesh at the bottom of the depression ; 

 and 6 A is a line drawn through the crown, 

 at the bottom of the calyx depression. 

 When this depression is very shallow, the 

 end is narrow, although it may speedily 

 widen, and the two extremities may appear 

 at first sight subequal : so when the stem 

 depression is shallow, this end is often very 

 narrow, especially when the depression is 

 filled up, or obsolete. These proportions, 

 I believe, will be found very important in 

 determining the names of fruit ; but as they 

 have not as yet received much attention, it 

 is impossible to make use of them except 

 when an outline figure is given : these 

 should be drawn with great care from the 

 fruit itself. 



In figure 2, the line c e repressnts the 

 height of the apple, and, like the lines 

 representing the breadth at the extremities 

 already referred to, will be found quite 

 constant in its relations in the same varie- 

 ties, although produced in different sections 

 of this country. If this is not true, we 

 may despair of describing fruit so as to 

 become useful to inquirers. 



Fig. 1. 



Vis. i. 



[AORICULTURAL REPORT — VoL. lit.] 



