. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 58 GENERAL of the fruit, as the skin, flesh (T, fig. 4:>), core {E, fig. 42), seeds {D), or stones, ste7)is {A), and in kernel fruits, the c((lj/x (JB), has, in some cases, marked peculiarities and in others, they are more minute and scarcely perceptible ; but yet, in a strictly scientilic study of })omology, they are of more or less service. It w ould be foreign to the purposes of this work to notice these points in de- tail ; all that is deemed necessary, useful, or ap- propriate, is to point out well-defined ami practi- cal distinctions
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 58 GENERAL of the fruit, as the skin, flesh (T, fig. 4:>), core {E, fig. 42), seeds {D), or stones, ste7)is {A), and in kernel fruits, the c((lj/x (JB), has, in some cases, marked peculiarities and in others, they are more minute and scarcely perceptible ; but yet, in a strictly scientilic study of })omology, they are of more or less service. It w ould be foreign to the purposes of this work to notice these points in de- tail ; all that is deemed necessary, useful, or ap- propriate, is to point out well-defined ami practi- cal distinctions, and the FijJ. 42 — VEUTICAI. SECTION OF AN f ii . -V . .'I 1 APPLE, SHOWING ITS DIFFERENT PAUTs. 1^1 uis ortiiuaniy maue A, the base; £, the eye ; C\ the fleeli; D, USC of in popular de- the seed ;£", the core ; A, stem ; B, calyx. scrilttioilS. Cd. Different Parts of the Fruit: The Base (^1) is the end in which tlie stem is inserted. The Eye {£) is the opposite end, in the apple, pear, .dtc, that have an adhering calyx. The JVeck, in pears, the contracted part near the stalk, as seen in fig. 50. The Point is the end opposite the stem in stone fruits, berries, etc., that have no calyx, and consequently no eye. The Pength is the distance from stem to point, or eye, A to i?, fig. 42. The Width, a line cutting the fruit across, or at right angles with the length. The P((sin, the depression around the eye, or calyx, in kernel fruit, B, fig. 42. The Cavity, the depression around the stem. The Suture, in stone frnits, the furrow-like depression running from the base to 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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