THE POME 



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a very striking superficial resemblance, they are radically differ- 

 ent; the former representing a single, rather large flower 

 with many pistils, and the latter a number of very small flowers, 

 each having a single pistil. None of the above are true berries 

 from the botanical viewpoint, but the name is so closely asso- 



riie peach, the drupe type of iiuit. 



ciated with them that it is practically impossible to make a 

 change. 



The pome is a fruit in which the ovary, or ot^aries, the 

 calyx and receptacle are united, both becoming fleshy. The tips 

 of the sepals persist at the blossom end of the fruit and the 



