CLASSIFICATION. 379 



Classification of Apples. It consists of four classes 

 that are based upon the general figure of the fruit ; with 

 two orders, that are distinguished by a modification of the 

 form, causing the fruit to be regular, or irregular, and 

 angular. The charactei-s upon which the classes are 

 founded are exemplified by a vertical section through the 

 length of the axis of the fruit. Those by which the Or- 

 ders are distinguished are shown by a transverse section, 

 made at right angles to the axis, or by holding the fruit 

 ■with the blossom end toward the eye.* 



Each of these Orders may contain tw^ Sections, charac- 

 terized by their flavor as sweet and sour; and each of 

 these may again be sub-divided into three Sub-sections, 

 that are based upon color. 



Class I. — Oblate or Flat, having the axis shorter 

 than the transverse diameter. 



Ordeb L — Reguxar. 



Order II. — Irregular. 



Section 1. — Sweet. 



Section 2. — Sour. 



StTB-SEcmoN 1. — ^Pale or blushed, more or less, but self' 

 colored and not striped. 



Sub-section 2. — Striped or Splashed. 



Sub-section 3. — Russeted. 



Class II. — Conical, tapering decidedly toward the 

 eye, and becoming Ovate when larger in the middle and 

 tapering to each end, the axial diameter being the shorter. 



Orders I and 11. 



Sections 1 and 2. 



Sub-sections 1, 2, and 3. 



• Figures 36 to 46, pp. 3S5 to i 



