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Blotched. Having different abrupt shades more or less blended together 



without any order or regularity. 

 Blushed. Distinguished from mottled, striped, or splashed by having the 



surface overspread with a red tint that is not much broken. 

 Clouded. Having blotches broader and more softly shaded and blended 



together. 



Dotted. Having small, distinct dots. 

 Marbled. Having wide, faint, irregular, or wavy stripes. 

 Mottled. Covered with dots that run together without any marked lines 



of distinction. 

 Scarf skin. A term descriptive of a 



condition found on fruit (princi- 

 pally on apples), which gives a 



characteristic appearance to the 



fruit. It usually extends outward 



from the base in whitish lines, or 



stripes, readily distinguished by 



contrast with the green or yellow 



color. 

 Splashed. Having stripes of color 



which are much broken and of 



varying widths. 

 Spotted. Having larger dots than 



those characterizing a fruit as 



"dotted." 



Stained. Having the lighter shades of the blotched or clouded effect. 

 Streaked. Having long and narrow color bands. 

 Striped. Having one or more shades of color alternating in broad lines. 



FIG. 42. Abaxile core 



CORE 



In describing the core, its location in the frait and the size and character 

 of the carpels and seeds are all considered. 



Abaxile. A term used to describe the core when it lies to one side of the 



axis of the fruit. 

 Axile. A term used to describe the core when it is equidistant on either 



side of the axis of the fruit. 

 Distant. A term used to describe a core which is comparatively far from 



the stem. 

 Median. A term used to describe a core which is located at about the 



center of the fruit. 

 Sessile. A term used to describe a core which is very close to the stem. 



CARPELS 



Carpels are the parchmentlike walls of the seed cells. They vary in 

 form somewhat as leaves do, and the terms used in describing leaves 

 may well be applied in describing the carpels. The two sides of the 



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