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4. The cells are regular. 



5. The fruit does not decay, except when gathered be- 

 fore maturity, or after the period when it has been prop- 

 erly ripened. 



GROUP I. Depressa Flat. 



1. They have the bulge at the same distance from the 

 eye as from the stalk, and are broadly flattened. 



2. They are always half an inch broader than high. 

 GROUP II. Acuminati Pointed. 



1. They are broader than high. 



2. They diminish from the middle of the apple toward 

 the eye, so that the superior half is conical, and is not at 

 all similar to the inferior half. 



GROUP III.: Oblongi Oblong or cylindrical. 



1. The hight and breadth are almost equal. 



2. They diminish gradually from the base to the apex. 



3. Or, from the middle of the fruit they gradually di- 

 minish toward the base and apex equally. 



GROUP IV. Sphcerici Round. 



1. The convexity of the fruit next the base and the 

 apex is the same. 



2. The breadth does not differ from the hight, except 

 only about a quarter of an inch. 



3. When laid on their side they present a spherical 

 .shape. 



ORDER n.CONTTJBERNALIA STOKING APPLES. 



1. Having the cells regular. 



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

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



3. Thtfy do not readily decay. 



4. They are not unctuous when handled. 



5. They are never covered with bloom. 



GROUP I. Acuminati Tapering, diminishing toward 

 the eye. 



GROUP II. Depressi Flat. These are constantly 

 broader than high.* 



After a long and careful consideration and study of 

 this subject, I have prepared the following formula for the 



* As translated for R. Hogg's British Pomology. 



