II 



MAKING AND PILING DESCRIPTIONS 



THE first step in the study of a given sample 

 of fruit is to make a suitable description. The 

 description may be fully written out in proper 

 form, or it may be merely a brief mental in- 

 ventory of the characters of the fruit. In 

 any case, however, the characters of the fruit 

 must be recognized before the sample can be 

 named or classified. 



The beginner will find the preparation of 

 full, accurate formal descriptions a most val- 

 uable exercise, if, indeed, he do not find it in- 

 dispensable to further study. Any one who 

 is ambitious to become a fruit expert must 

 take long and thorough training in descrip- 

 tive pomology. 



This work of description will be much 

 facilitated and the results will be greatly im- 

 proved if some proper outline is followed. 

 Doubtless the best and most convenient way 

 is to have a printed blank for the purpose. 

 Those shown in the following chapters (con- 

 siderably reduced in size) have been found by 



