TEEMS TTSED. 



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to form a basis of the classification of varieties. The latter 

 will he found particularly described in the separate chapter 

 on the peach. 



Leaves of apples are, 



Serrate, or cut with teeth like those of a saw. 



Sharply serrate, when every serrature ends in a sharp 

 point, as in the Fall Pippin, fig. 74. 



Doubly serrate, when the serratures themselves are again 

 minutely serrated, as in the Vandevere and Drap d'Or, 

 fig. 75. 



Coarsely serrate, as in the Swaar. 



71— Sharply Serrate. 75— Doubly Serrate. 76— Crenate. 



Crenate, when* the teeth are rounded, as in the Esopus 

 Spitzenburgh, fig. 76. 



Obtusely crenate, when the teeth are unusually rounded, 

 as in the Bough. 



Finely crenate, when the teeth are small, as in summer 

 Queen. 



When the serratures are partly rounded, and irregularly 



