THE APPLE. 6 



Order 2. Schlatter Apples. 



1. The skin is never unctuous wlien liandled. 



2. They are never covered with bloom. 



.3. The form is either fiat, conical, cylindrical, or tapcrinf;. 



4. The fiavor is not Ijalsamie, but mostly sweetish or sourish. 



5. The flesh is granular, loose, and mostly coarse-grained. 



Order 3. Gui.DERi.iNCiE. 



1. Flavor is not balsamic, like Order f , but spicy. 



2. Jlesh is tlelicate, almost like that of the Keinettes. 



3. Form is conical or hat. 



4. The ribs are most prominent only around the eye. 



Class II. — Rose Apples (RnsenarpffI). 



1. They are covered with blue l:)loom when on the tree. 



2. The core is not un]iroportionately large, but often only regular. 



3. They emit a pleasant odor, at least when briskly rubbed. 



4. The skin is not unctuous when handled. 



5. The}' are handsomely and regularly ribbed aroimd the eyc^ and 

 often also out over the fruit. 



6. Flesh is tender, loose, s])ongy, fine-grained. 



7. They have a delicate rose, fennel, or anise flavor. 



8. They are mostly not late keepers, their good flavor terminating 

 with the same year they ripen; often only siunmer or fall apjiles. 

 Exceptions from this arc the Wintercousinottcn and Wintcrrose 

 apple families. 



9. They are mostly striped like a tulip. 



Order 1. Fruit pointed or lonoish. 

 Order 2. Fruit globular hr flat. 



Class III. — Rambours (Rruiihounifpfc}) . 



\. They are all large, and include the largest sorts. 



2. They have mostly, or almost always, two imcqual halves, i.e., 

 one side is lower than the other. 



3. They are always ribbed around the eye; the ribs are broad and 

 prominent, and rise, irregularly and obliquely or broadly depressed, 

 the one above the other, out over the fruit. 



