GLOSSARY OF THE MORE COMMON WORDS USED 

 IN FRUIT CULTURE. 



Acerb, sour, bitter, harsh. 



Aculeate, armed with prickles. 



Acuminate , drawn out to a point. 



Acute, sharp, pointed, or angular. 



Adventitious roots, roots put out from the stem, as with straw- 

 berries, dewberries, etc. 



Alburnum, the woody layer through which the sap still circu- 

 lates, as distinguished from heart-wood. 



Alternate, one side and then the other. 



Annual, a plant which germinates from seed, produces flowers 

 and fruit, and dies the same season. 



Anther, that part of the stamen which bears the pollen. 



Apetalous, without a corolla. 



Apex, that part of a fruit farthest from the stem. 



Apprused, in close contact, but not united. 



Awn, a bristle-like appendage. 



Axil, the angle between the leaf and stem. 



Axillary bud, a bud growing in the axil of a leaf. Axillary buds 

 may remain dormant indefinitely; when they begin to grow they 

 become terminal buds, that is, buds at the extreme end of growing 

 branches. 



Barbate, bearded. 



Barcate, like a berry. 



Bark, the protecting covering of the stem or trunk ; it is formed 

 of several layers of differing structure, and grows from the inside. 



Base, lower end ; that part of a fruit nearest the stem, or of a stalk 

 or any part of a plant nearest its supporting part or root. 



Basin, the hollow or depression at the apex or crown of a fruit, in 

 which the calyx is situated. 



Bast, the inner layer of the bark, commonly composed of long 

 wood-cells. 



Beaked, ending in a narrow tip or beak. 



Berry, a fruit pulpy or juicy throughout. 



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