. Fruits and fruit-trees of Oblate. Conical. Oblong, These primary forms are roundish, ohlate, conical, and ohlong. Theterms round, roundish, or globular, are sometimes used in connection,rather as qualifying expressions than as distinctive; for while the wordroundish, which indicates the height and diameter as nearly equal, ap- 72 THE APPLE. plies to many fruits, there is no perfectly round or globular appleknown. OUate indicates the height as much less than diameter. Conical^ iswhen the fruit is roundish, having the apex end contracted. Ohlong, iswhen the fruit is longe
. Fruits and fruit-trees of Oblate. Conical. Oblong, These primary forms are roundish, ohlate, conical, and ohlong. Theterms round, roundish, or globular, are sometimes used in connection,rather as qualifying expressions than as distinctive; for while the wordroundish, which indicates the height and diameter as nearly equal, ap- 72 THE APPLE. plies to many fruits, there is no perfectly round or globular appleknown. OUate indicates the height as much less than diameter. Conical^ iswhen the fruit is roundish, having the apex end contracted. Ohlong, iswhen the fruit is longer than broad, and having the apex and base ofnearly the same breadth. Connected and subsidiary terms, such asroundish^ conical, or conic, are when the Apple unites the two primaryforms of roundish and conical; or elongated conical, or conic, when thelength is considerably beyond the breadth. Truncate conic, is when thefruit is flattened at the apex. Jiibhed, or ohscurely ribbed, when thesurface has rising lines and channels from apex to base. Oblique, i
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