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4. The cells are regular. 



5. The fruit does not decay, except when gathered be- 

 fore maturity, or after the period when it has been prop- 

 erly ripened. 



Gboup I. — Depresaa — Flat. 



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

 eye as from the stalk, and are broadly flattened. 



2. Tliey are always half an inch broader than high. 

 Gboup II. — Acuminati — Pointed. 



1. They are brouder than high. 



2. They diminish from the middle of the apple toward 

 the eye, so that the superior half is conical, and is not at 

 all similar to the inferior half. 



Gboxjp Ill.-r- Oblongi — Oblong or cylindrical. 



1. The higlit 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 di- 

 minish toward the base and apex equally. 



Group IV. — Sphcerici — Round. 



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. When laid on their side they present a spherical 

 shape. 



ORDER n.— CONTUBERNALIA— STORiNa 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. 



3. Thiiy do not readily decay. 



4. They Ave not unctuous when handled. 



5. They are never covered with bloom. 



Group I. — Acitminati — ^Tapering, diminishing toward 

 the eye. 



Group IL — Depresai — Flat. These are constantly 

 broader than high.* 



After a long and careful consideration and study of 

 this subject, I have prepared the following formula for the 



w As translated for R. Hogg's British Pomology. 



