358 AMERICAN POMOLOGY. 



The colors themselves being as various almost as tli 

 hues of the rainbow, will be designated by their appro- 

 priate or customary names ; the manner of their laying 

 on will require the use of certain definite terms, which 

 should be understood to comprehend the classification, 

 which, in part, depends upon this circumstance. Thus a 

 fruit is called self-colored when it is not striped, though it 

 may be Hushed or bronzed, and the coloring may be so 

 broken, without stripes, as to be mixed or curdled, blotch- 

 ed, marbled,- mottled, clouded, spotted, stained, shaded or 

 dappled ; but some of these characters are often found 

 associated with striping also, or they are observed in 

 those kinds of fruit that are always devoid of stripes. 

 Striped fruits are often so deeply colored that the separate 

 stripes do not appear so distinctly, as when there are fewer 

 of them on a lighter ground and they can scarcely be per- 

 ceived. When the stripes are long and distinct, they are 

 called streaks / when short and broken abruptly at their 

 ends, the surface is said to be splashed. Certain pears are 

 striped by a paleness or faintness of color, these are called 

 panache, and are considered sports of their namesake va- 

 rieties which they resemble in other respects. A few 

 peaches are distinctly striped ; some plums and cherries 

 obscurely so. 



Another class of surface or. skin characters consists in 

 the DOTS and SPECKS, which appear to be very valuable 

 distinctive markings, on account of their uniformity in 

 different varieties. These may be large or small, nume 

 rous or scattered, darker or lighter colored, prominent or 

 indented. In shape they are round or elongated, and this 

 last is a valuable character because quite rare. Sometimes 



