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on the shaded side the stripes are weVL defined.— 4. The cells are 

 regular.— 5. They are of a purely sweet, vinous, or acid flavor.— 

 6. They have not the same flavor as the Kosenapfel.— 7. They do not 

 decay except when gathered before maturity, or after the period when 

 properly ripened.— 8. They form a large and somewhat considerable 

 class among the culinary fruits. 



ORDER I. FLAT STREIELINGE. 



1. They have the bulge at the same distance from the eye, as from 

 the stalk, and are broadly flattened. — 2. They are constantly half an 

 inch broader than high. 



ORDER n. TAPERING STREEFLINGE. 



1. They are broader than high. — 2. They diminish from the 

 middle of the apple towards the eye, so that the superior half is conical, 

 or pyramidal, and is not at aU similiar to the inferior half. 



ORDER m. OBLONG OR CYLINDRICAL STREIELINGE. 

 1. The height 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 diminish towards the base and apex equally. 



ORDER IV. ROUND STREIELINGE. 

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

 same. — 2, -The breadth does not differ from the height, except only 

 about a quarter of an inch. — 3. Laid in the hand with the eye and 

 stalk sideways, they have the appearance of a roundish shape. 



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 an 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 decay readily. 



ORDER 1. OBLONG, CYLINDRICAL, OR CONICAL. 

 Characters the same as Order III. of the Streiflinge. 



ORDER n. TAPERING TO A POINT. 

 Characters the same as Order II. of the Streiflinge. 



CLASS VIL FLAT APPLES. 



I. They are constantly broader than high. — 2. They are never 

 striped. — 3. They are either of an 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 decay readily. — 7. Flavor purely sweet or purely sour. 



ORDER L PDEELY FLAT APPLES. 



L The difference is obvious to the eye. — >2. The breadth is con- 

 stantly half an inch more than the height. 



