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may be a stone fruit l , as the plum, the cherry, and 

 the haw ; it may be a nut 2 , as the walnut and the 

 almond ; it may be a nutlet 3 , as in the ivy ; it may be 

 a pome 4 , as the apple, pear, and hip ; it may be a 

 pepon 5 , as the melon and cucumber ; and it may be 

 a berry 6 , as the vine, potato, gooseberry, orange, and 

 fig ; but the strawberry and raspberry rank as seeds 

 with composite pips; and the mulberry and pine apple 

 as a compound berry 7 . 



(1) In Latin, Drupa. (2) -In Latin, Nux, 



(3) In Latin, Nuculanium. 



(4) In Latin, Pomum, or Melonida. 



(5) In Latin, Peponida. (6) In Latin, Baccu. 



(7) In Latin, Sorosis. 



