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TERMS USED IN DESCRIBING FRUITS. 



tinguished from each other by the rather obtuse cavity of the 

 former, and acuminate cavity of the latter. 



The BASIN is always narrow in any fruit having a narrow or 

 pointed apex (Fig. 336) ; it is usually wide in fruits having a 



Fig. 331. 



Obtuse Cavity. 



Fig. 332. 

 Acute Cavity. 



Fig. 333. 

 Acuminate Cavity. 



wide or obtuse apex, as the Rambo (Fig. 334) ; but where the 

 rim or boundary is broad and obtuse, the basin may be nar- 

 row, as in the St. Lawrence and Gravenstein (Fig. 337). 



It is distinct when well defined. 



Abrupt, when the depression breaks off suddenly from the 

 rim (Fig. 335). 



Fig. 334.— Wide Basin. Fig. 335— Abrupt Basin. 



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Fig. 336.— Narrow Basin. 



Fig. 337.— Narrow Basin. 



Even, when not furrowed or wrinkled. 



Angular, with several corners. 



Wrinkled, having small irregular hollows and ridges. 



Waved, with gentle and irregular undulations of surface. 



Furrowed, when more regularly channelled. 



Plaited, having small, straight, and regular ridges. 



Ribbed, with larger and more obtuse or rounded ridges. 



Pears have peculiar forms which render some additional 

 terms necessary : 



Many pears have a neck, or narrower part toward the stalk, 

 and a body, or larger part toward the crown (Fig. 338). 



They are dSs,'C\r^ct\y pyriform when the sides formed by the 



