. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. 79—Oblate. 80—Conical. 81—Ovate. 82—Obconie. Oblate, flat, or flattened, when the height is much less than the breadth , as Kambo, Maiden's Blush, fig. 79. Cora'caZ,when tapering from the base to the apex, as Bul- lock's Pippin, fig. 80; Ovate, or egg-shaped, when the length rather exceeds the breadth, with a rounded taper from base to apex, as
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. 79—Oblate. 80—Conical. 81—Ovate. 82—Obconie. Oblate, flat, or flattened, when the height is much less than the breadth , as Kambo, Maiden's Blush, fig. 79. Cora'caZ,when tapering from the base to the apex, as Bul- lock's Pippin, fig. 80; Ovate, or egg-shaped, when the length rather exceeds the breadth, with a rounded taper from base to apex, as in Esopus Spitzenburgh, fig. 81. Obconie,* or reversed conical, when the smaller end is at the base or stalk, as in the Tyson pear, fig. 82. Obovaie, 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. 3—Obovate. 84—Oblong. 85—Round-ovate. 86—Oblate-conical. Oblong, when the length exceeds the breadth, and the * This term is chiefly applied to pears, and is nearly equivalent to pyramidal, but s more precise in its 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). New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan
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