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CLASS VI. TAPERING APPLES. 



1. They have the cells regular. 



2. They are not covered with bloom. 



3. They are not striped, and are either of a uniform 

 color, or washed with red on the side next the sun. 



4. Constantly diminishing to a point towards the eye. 



5. They are sweet or vinous, approaching a pure acid. 



6. They do not readily decay. 



ORDER I. OBLONG, CYLINDRICAL OR CONICAL. 



Characters the same as Order III. of the Streiflinge. 



ORDER H. TAPERING TO A POINT. 



Characters the same as Order II. of the Streiflinge. 



CLASS VII. FLAT APPLES. 



1. They are constantly broader than high. 



2. They are never striped. 



3. They are either of a uniform color, or, on the side 

 exposed to the sun, more or less washed or shaded with 

 red. 



4. They have regular cells. 



5. They are not unctuous when handled. 



6. They do not readily decay. 



7. Flavor purely sweet, or purely sour. 



ORDER I. PURELY FLAT APPLES. 



1. The difference is obvious to the eye. 



2. The breadth is constantly half an inch more than the 

 hight. 



ORDER H. ROUND-SHAPED FLAT APPLES. 



1. The eye cannot easily detect a distinction between 

 the breadth and hight. 



2. The breadth rarely exceeds the hight by a quarter 

 of an inch. 



3. The fruit, cut ^ transversely, exhibits almost or quite 

 two equal halves. 



