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GENEEAL PRINCIPLES. 



Turbinate or top-sJiwped. — ^The sides somewhat roimded 

 and tapering to a point at the stem (fig. 52). 



Figs. 48 to 54, forms of pears 48, pyriform. 49, long pyriform. 60, oWse 

 pyriform. 61, obovate. 62, turbinate. 53, oval. 64, round. 



(^'ya^.-^Largest in the middle, tapering more or less to 



each end (fig. 53). 

 Round. — When the outline is nearly romid (fig. 54). 



FOKMS OF PEACHES. 



Th.ere is too much -aniformitj in the forms of peaches 

 to render the adoption of any set of terms descriptive of 

 them very serviceable. They are mostly round, occasion- 

 ally approaching to oblong and oval; two sides are fre- 

 quently compressed, flattened, exhibiting a suture or fur- 

 row running from the point to the base : the width, 

 depth, (fee, of this suture are, in many cases, peculiar, or 

 at least woi-thy of note. 



FORMS OF PLUMS. 



Plums are round^ oval^ or oblong^ as the peach, 

 and marked, in some cases, by a similar flattening of the 

 Bides, and by the suture. 



