. The American fruit culturist. ise expressed. I. Shoots are erect, when they rise nearly perpendicularlyfrom the main trunk or stem, as in the Early Strawberryapple and Bartlett pear (Fig. 305). Diverging, when they deviate from the perpendicular at anangle of about forty-five degrees, considerable variation beingfound in the same tree; as in the Domine and Ribston Pippin(Fig. 306). Spreading, when they more nearly approach a horizontaldirection, as in most trees of the Rhode Island Greening (Fig. 307). 260 TERMS USED IN DESCRIBING FRUITS. 261 Drooping, when they fall below the horizontal, a
. The American fruit culturist. ise expressed. I. Shoots are erect, when they rise nearly perpendicularlyfrom the main trunk or stem, as in the Early Strawberryapple and Bartlett pear (Fig. 305). Diverging, when they deviate from the perpendicular at anangle of about forty-five degrees, considerable variation beingfound in the same tree; as in the Domine and Ribston Pippin(Fig. 306). Spreading, when they more nearly approach a horizontaldirection, as in most trees of the Rhode Island Greening (Fig. 307). 260 TERMS USED IN DESCRIBING FRUITS. 261 Drooping, when they fall below the horizontal, a form whichmany spreading shoots assume, as they become the largebranches of older trees. Ascendmg, when they curve upward, as in the Gravensteinapple, and small Red Siberian Crab (Fig. 308). Erect treesusually partake more or less of this quality, but the EarlyHarvest is free from it. Irregular, when they assume no very distinct growth, butmore or less a mixture of the preceding, as Black Gilliflowerand Summer Bonchretien
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