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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



resemblance, except that both are green ; at any rate there 

 is no danger of the merest tyro in pomology confounding 

 the two varieties. There is, however, a remarkable diver- 

 sity in the fruit arising from the different soils and climates 

 in which it is cultivated, North and South, and while, like 

 many other varieties, its size is greatly developed, its 

 texture and flavor are depreciated in the migrations 

 southward. 



Fruit large, flattened, globular, somewhat angular, or 

 flattened, sometimes having a shallow sulcus or furrow on 



Fig. 252. PECK'S PLEASANT 



one side ; Surface smooth, yellow or orange, being -some- 

 times faintly blushed ; Dots gray, with white bases. 



Basin rather shallow and folded ; Eye small and open, 

 calycinal segments being short. 



Cavity wide, but often lipped, brown ; Stem short, very 

 thick, clubbed or knobby. 



