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6. Their flesh is fine, opaque, a little succulent, and al- 

 most equal to tlie Reinettes. 

 Groups I., EL, HI., as above. 



CLA.8S II.— MALA. PYRARIA— Peak-bhapbd. 



Their flavor is neither balsamic nor aromatic; they are 

 purely sweet or acid ; their fliesh is granulous and loose. 



ORDSR L— TB.KIWARTA— Seedb Loose. 



1. They are almost always large apples, the skin of 

 ■which is neither unctuous nor covered with bloom. 



2. They are also furnished with ribs ; but they are not 

 so regnilar as in the Calvilles. 



3. The cells are veiy large, ireegular, widened, and gen- 

 erally open. 



4. The calycinal tube is most generally widely conical, 

 and does not extend to the cells. 



5. They are of a flattened, conical, cylindrical or point- 

 ed shape. 



6. Their flesh is loose, more often a little coarse, and of 

 a slightly balsamic flavor. 



1. The leaves of these trees are very large, rather deeply 

 dentated, and less downy than those of the Calvilles. 



Guoup L — Unicolores — Green, greenish, yellow, or 

 golden yellow, and slightly tinged with red. 



Gbodp II. — Bicolores — Yellow or green, and distinctly 

 striped or washed with red. 



OBDEB n.— RAMBXTBES. 



1. They are all very large. 



2. They have almost always the two halves unequal. 



3. They are constantly broader than high, and appear 

 sometimes higher than they are. 



4. They are not furnished with ribs, except around the 

 eye ; these are often irregular in numbers, and frequently 

 form broad projections on the fruit. 



5. They do not decay, but shrivel when they have 

 passed maturity. 



6. The flesh is coarsely granulous, rarely aromatic, nev- 

 ertheless often very agreeable. 



Geoup I. — Capandia amplu — ^Wide cells. 

 Gbotjp II. — Vapmdis angustis — Narrow ceUs. 



