THE APPLE. 13 



Class IV. Mala Malaria. Perfect or pure ap])le-shaped. 



They are of a perfectly sweet or vinous flavor, approaching to pure 

 acid. 



Order 1. Striola, or striped. 



1. The}- arc almost alwaj'S marked with broken stripes of red. 



2. These are either over the whole fruit or only indistinctly on the 

 side exposed to the sun. 



3. The stripes may all be distinct — that is, clearly and finely 

 striped; or between these stripes, on the side next the sun, the fruit 

 is dotted, shaded, or washed with red; but on the shaded side the 

 stripes are well defined. 



4. The cells are regular. 



5. The fruit does not decay, except when gathered before maturity, 

 or after the period when it has been properly ripened. 



Group I. Dcprcssa. Flat. 



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

 from the stalk and are broadly flattened. 



2. They arc always half an inch broader than high. 

 Group II. Acuniinali. Pointed. 



1. They are broader than high. 



2. They diminish from the middle of the apjsle toward the eye, 

 so that the superior half is conical, and is not at all similar to the 

 inferior half. 



Group III. Oblongi. Oblong or cylindrical. 



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 toward 

 the base and apex equally. 



Group IV. Spharici. Round. 



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 al)out 

 a quarter of an inch. 



3. Wlien laid on their sides the}- present a spherical shape. 



Order 2. Contubernalia (Storing apples). 



1. Having the cells regular. 



2. They are not striped, and are either of a uniform color or 

 washed with red on the side next the sun. 



