. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 322.—Oblate. FIG. 323.—Conical. Fig. 324.—Ovate. A fruit is round when nearly spherical, as the Fameuse and Green Sweet. Roundish, when varying slightly from round, or when the length and breadth are nearly equal, as the Dyer and Graven- stein. Oblate, flat, or flattened, when the height is much less than the breadth, as the Raitibo and Maidens' Blush (Fig. 322). Conical, when tapering from the base to the apex, as Bul- lock's Pippin (Fig. 323).
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. Fig. 322.—Oblate. FIG. 323.—Conical. Fig. 324.—Ovate. A fruit is round when nearly spherical, as the Fameuse and Green Sweet. Roundish, when varying slightly from round, or when the length and breadth are nearly equal, as the Dyer and Graven- stein. Oblate, flat, or flattened, when the height is much less than the breadth, as the Raitibo and Maidens' Blush (Fig. 322). Conical, when tapering from the base to the apex, as Bul- lock's Pippin (Fig. 323). Ovate, or egg-shaped, when the length rather exceeds the breadth, with a rounded taper from base to apex, as in the Esopus Spitzenburgh (Fig. 324). Obovate, or reversed ovate, is when the smaller end of an egg-shaped fruit is at the base, as the Buffum and Dearborn Seedling pears (Fig. 325). Oblong, when the length exceeds the breadth, and the sides are nearly parallel, as Kaighn's Spitzenburgh (Fig. 326). Obtuse, when the parts are rounded or blunt. Acute, when any part as the neck of a pear, tapers to nearly a point (Fig. 327). Fruits may partake of forms variously combined, as—. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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