. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. fiu however, that with the ception Prin Po- ological Manual," none i lie fruit books that have one much to mold public I n known as Pomologies, utwithstanding the fact li It the greater number of liLiu have given great at- ution to formal descrip- The word that wa
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. fiu however, that with the ception Prin Po- ological Manual," none i lie fruit books that have one much to mold public I n known as Pomologies, utwithstanding the fact li It the greater number of liLiu have given great at- ution to formal descrip- The word that was used generically for "; In later Latin it came to be associated more particularly with the apple-like fruits. The word is preserved to us in the Frenchyowwf, meaning "apple,"and in other languages of Latin derivation. In English we know it as pome, a botanical term used to designate fruits that have the peculiar morphological structure of the apple and pear. This use of the term is explained under the article Pif- rus. A pome is shown in Fig. 1889. The "core," inside the light dotted line, is the ripened carpels; the flesh, outside this line, is the thickened torus or receptacle, on the top of which the calyx or "eye " is borne. However, the root of the word Pomology is derived from the Latin pomiDH rather than from the botanical pome. The limitations of pomology, as an art and science, depend on the use of the word "; This word, as used by the horticulturist, is impossible of definition. Products that are classed with fruits in one country may be classed with vegetables in another. To the horticulturist a fruit is a product that is closely asso- ciated, in its origin, with the flower. As used in this country, a fruit is the product of a bush or tree or woody vine, the most marked exception being the straw- berry. Most fruits may be grouped under three gen- eral heads,—orchard or tree fruits, vine fruits {of whic
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