. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 62 GENERAL PRINCIPLES. In tlie Mpple, the round form prevails, and in the pear, Xhe. pyiamidal; lience, it is necessary to apply a different class of descriptive terms to each. FORMS OF APPLES. Mound or Roundish (fig. 43).—When the outline is round, or nearly so, the length being about equal to the breadth. Flat (fig. 40).—When the ends are compressed, and the width considerably greater than the Fi^S. 4S to 4s.—FORMS OF APPLES. 43, round; 44, conical ; 45, ovate; 46, flat: 47, oblong; 48, ribbed. Conical (fig. 44).—In the form of a cone, tapering
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 62 GENERAL PRINCIPLES. In tlie Mpple, the round form prevails, and in the pear, Xhe. pyiamidal; lience, it is necessary to apply a different class of descriptive terms to each. FORMS OF APPLES. Mound or Roundish (fig. 43).—When the outline is round, or nearly so, the length being about equal to the breadth. Flat (fig. 40).—When the ends are compressed, and the width considerably greater than the Fi^S. 4S to 4s.—FORMS OF APPLES. 43, round; 44, conical ; 45, ovate; 46, flat: 47, oblong; 48, ribbed. Conical (fig. 44).—In the form of a cone, tapering from the base to the eye. Ovate, or egg-shaped (fig. 45). Oblong (fig. 47).—When the length is consideiably greater than tiie width, and the width about equal at both ends, not tapering as in the conical. In addition to these forms and their various modifica- tions, some varieties are Angular^ having projecting angles on the sides. One-sided, having one side larger than the 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 Barry, Patrick, 1816-1890. New York, Orange Judd Co.
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