404 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 
these apples which throw them out of a first-class 
sample. Beginning with the front row, the specimen 
upon the left is scabbed in two or three places; the 
next one has a worm-hole about the stem, but it is 
otherwise perfect; the third one has a worm-hole in 
the top, and is also shrivelled; the end one on the 
right was a perfect apple as it hung on the tree, but 
when shaken off it struck a limb or the ground, and 
Fig. 92. First-class sample. 
was flattened on one side. Beginning with the left 
apple upon the back row, it will be seen that there 
is a bad insect blemish upon the side; the second 
one has a puncture in the side; the third one, on 
top, is perfect in itself (as a specimen), but it is of 
very inferior size for apples of its class; the last 
apple upon the right has a worm-hole in’ the blos- 
som end, and is withered. Fig. 92 shows a_first- 
class sample. Fig. 93 (page 408) shows a barrel of 
