6. Their flesh is fine, opaque, a little succulent, and almost equal to the Reinettes. GROUPS I., II., III., as above. CLASS II.--MALA PYRARIA--PEAR-SHAPED. Their flavor is neither balsamic nor aromatic; they are purely sweet or acid; their flesh is granulous and loose. +ORDER I.--TREMARIA--SEEDS LOOSE.+ 1. They are almost always large apples, the skin of which is neither unctuous nor covered with bloom. 2. They are also furnished with ribs; but they are not so regular as in the Calvilles. 3. The cells are very large, irregular, widened, and generally open. 4. The calycinal tube is most generally widely conical, and does not extend to the cells. 5. They are of a flattened, conical, cylindrical or pointed shape. 6. Their flesh is loose, more often a little coarse, and of a slightly balsamic flavor. 7. The leaves of these trees are very large, rather deeply dentated, and less downy than those of the Calvilles. GROUP I.--_Unicolores_--Green, greenish, yellow, or golden yellow, and slightly tinged with red. GROUP II.--_Bicolores_--Yellow or green, and distinctly striped or washed with red. +ORDER II.--RAMBURES.+ 1. They are all very large. 2. They have almost always the two halves unequal. 3. They are constantly broader than high, and appear sometimes higher than they are. 4. They are not furnished with ribs, except around the eye; these are often irregular in numbers, and frequently form broad projections on the fruit. 5. They do not decay, but shrivel when they have passed maturity. 6. The flesh is coarsely granulous, rarely aromatic, nevertheless often very agreeable. GROUP I.--_Capsulis amplis_--Wide cells. GROUP II.--_Capsulis angustis_--Narrow cells. SECTION II.--SPHÆROIDÆ--SPHERICAL. They have sometimes prominences on the fruit and around the eye, but never true ribs. CLASS III.--MALA MESPILARIA--MEDLAR SHAPED. Their flavor is sweet, aromatic, similar to that of the Rose, fennel or anise. +ORDER I.--APIANA, OR ROSE APPLES.+ Their flesh is soft, loose, marrowy, very fine grain, and of a snow white color. 2. The cells are almost always regular and closed. 3. They are regularly ribbed around the eye, and often also over the fruit, but sometimes not at all ribbed. 4. They have a balsamic flavor, accompanied with a very agreeable odor. 5. They emit a pleasant odor when briskly rubbed. 6. When on the tree they are frequently covered with a blue bloom, and striped like a Tulip. 7. The fruit is mostly small, or middle sized. 8. They are mostly of short duration, and lose their good flavor the same year. GROUP I.--_Oblongi_--Oblong fruit. GROUP II.--_Sphærici_--Round or flattened. +ORDER II.--REINETTA--REINETTES.+ 1. These are apples which generally have the most regular and handsome shape, having the bulge in the middle, at the same distance from the eye as from the stalk. 2. All are dotted, clouded, or entirely covered with russet.