372 AMERICAN POMOLOGY. 



CLASS v.— STREIFLINGB— STRIPED APPLES. 



1. They are all, and almost always, marked with broken 

 stripes of red. 



2. These stripes are found either over the -whole fruit, 

 or only very indistinctly on the side exposed to the sun. 



3. The stripes may be distinct — that is to say, truly 

 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. They are of a purely sweet, vinous, or acid flavor. 



6. They have not the same flavor as the Rose apples. 



7. They do not decay, except when gathered before 

 maturity. 



OEDEE I.— FIAT STEEUXINGE. 



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

 eye as from the stalk, and are broadly flattened. 



2. They are constantly half aii inch broader than high. 



ORDER n.— TAPERING STREIFLINQE. 



1. They are broader than high. 



2. They diminish from the middle of the apple towards 

 the eye, so that the superior half is conical or pyramidal, 

 and not at all similar to the inferior hal£ 



ORDER m.-0BL0NQ OR CYLINDRICAL STREEPLINQE. 



1. The hight and breadth are almost equal. 



2. They diminish gradually from the base to the apex. 



3. Or from the middle of the limit they gradually di- 

 minish toward the base and apex equally. 



ORDER rV.— ROTTKD STREIFLINGE. 



1. The convexity of the fruit next the base and the 

 apex is the same. 



2. The breadth does not differ from the hight, except 

 only about a quarter of an inch. 



3. Laid in the hand, with the eye and stalk sidewise, 

 they have the appearance of a roundish grape. 



