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CLASSIFICATION OF APPLES. It consists of four classes 

 that are based upon the general figure of the fruit ; with 

 two orders, that are distinguished by a modification of the 

 form, causing the fruit to be regular, or irregular, and 

 angular. The characters upon which the classes are 

 founded are exemplified by a vertical section through the 

 length of the axis of the fruit. Those by which the Or- 

 ders are distinguished are shown by a transverse section, 

 made at right angles to the axis, or by holding the fruit 

 with the blossom end toward the eye.* 



Each of these Orders may contain two Sections, charac- 

 terized by their flavor as sweet and sour; and each of 

 these may again be sub-divided into three Sub-sections , 

 that are based upon color. 



CLASS I. OBLATE OR FLAT, having the axis shorter 

 than the transverse diameter. 



ORDER I. REGULAR. 



ORDER II. IRREGULAR. 



SECTION 1. Sweet. 



SECTION 2. Sour. 



SUB-SECTION 1. Pale or blushed, more or less, but self- 

 colored and not striped. 



SUB-SECTION 2. Striped or Splashed. 



SUB-SECTION 3. Russeted. 



CLASS II. CONICAL, tapering decidedly toward the 

 eye, and becoming OVATE when larger in the middle and 

 tapering to each end, the axial diameter being the shorter. 



ORDERS I and II. 



SECTIONS 1 and 2. 



SUB-SECTIONS 1, 2, and 3. 



* Figures 38 to 46, pp. 355 to 356. 



