CHAPTER XV. 



CHAEACTERS OF FRUITS AND THEIR VALUE. 

 TERMS USED. 



IMPOETANOE OP BEIZnJO THE STRONO MA.RES — EXTERNAL; WEIGHT, 

 SHAPE, SIZE, SURFACE — BASm AND ETE — CAVITT AOT) STEM — 

 nrTERNAL ; flesh, core, axis, seeds, flavor — THESE CONSIDERED 

 SEPARATELY AND ILLUSTRATED — EXPLANATION OP TEEMS USED — 

 SHAPE REFERRED TO RELATIONS OF THE DIAMETERS ; k-rjkj. AND 

 TRANSVERSE — LEV>INO FORMS DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED — 

 SIZE, A COMPARTTIVB TERM — SKIN CHARACTERS, COLOR ; ITS USE 

 IN OLASSIFTINa — PERMANENCE OF STRIPES — LINES — DOTS AND 

 SPECKS — FUNGOUS SPOTS — FORMS OF BASIN AND ETE, OF CAVITY 

 AND STEM, ARE VALUABLE; TERMS USED — THE INTERIOR, AXIS, 

 CORE, SEEDS, FLESH — FLAVOR UNCERTAIN — SWEET AND SOUR GOOD 

 CHARACTERS — QUALITY, TERMS EXPRESSIVE OF. 



In the description of a fruit, it is very desirable for the 

 writer to catch the strong characters, so that he, who 

 reads, may the more readily identify the specimen he holds 

 in his hand. Among these several characters there is con- 

 siderable difference as to their permanence and value; 

 some are evanescent, some variable, while others are 

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