American Pomology. ApplesWarder, J. A. (John Aston)
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American Pomology. Apples
Warder, J. A. (John Aston)
Apples
+ORDER II.--CONTUBERNALIA--STORING APPLES.+
1. Having the cells regular.
2. They are not striped, and are either of a uniform color or washed
with red on the side next the sun.
3. They do not readily decay.
4. They are not unctuous when handled.
5. They are never covered with bloom.
GROUP I.--_Acuminati_--Tapering, diminishing toward the eye.
GROUP II.--_Depressi_--Flat. These are constantly broader than
high.[47]
After a long and careful consideration and study of this subject, I
have prepared the following formula for the CLASSIFICATION OF APPLES.
It consists of four classes that are based upon the general figure of
the fruit; with two orders, that are distinguished by a modification
of the form, causing the fruit to be regular, or irregular, and
angular. The characters upon which the classes are founded are
exemplified by a vertical section through the length of the axis of
the fruit. Those by which the Orders are distinguished are shown by a
transverse section, made at right angles to the axis, or by holding
the fruit with the blossom end toward the eye.[48]
Each of these Orders may contain two _Sections_, characterized by
their flavor as sweet and sour; and each of these may again be
sub-divided into three _Sub-sections_, that are based upon color.
CLASS I.--OBLATE OR FLAT, having the axis shorter than the transverse
diameter.
ORDER I.--REGULAR.
ORDER II.--IRREGULAR.
SECTION 1.--Sweet.
SECTION 2.--Sour.
SUB-SECTION 1.--Pale or blushed, more or less, but self-colored and
not striped.
SUB-SECTION 2.--Striped or Splashed.
SUB-SECTION 3.--Russeted.
CLASS II.--CONICAL, tapering decidedly toward the eye, and becoming
OVATE when larger in the middle and tapering to each end, the axial
diameter being the shorter.
ORDERS I and II.
SECTIONS 1 and 2.
SUB-SECTIONS 1, 2, and 3.
CLASS III.--ROUND, GLOBULAR or nearly so, having the axial and
transverse diameters about equal, the former often shorter by less
than one-quarter of the latter. The ends are often so flattened as to
look truncated, when the fruit appears to be cylindrical or
globular-oblate.
ORDERS, SECTIONS, and SUB-SECTIONS, as above.
CLASS IV.--OBLONG, in which the axis is longer than the transverse
diameter, or appears so. These may also be truncate or cylindrical.
ORDERS, SECTIONS, and SUB-SECTIONS, as above.
FOOTNOTES:
[47] As translated for R. Hogg's British Pomology.
[48] Figures 36 to 46, pp. 355 to 356.
DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES.
ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR CLASSIFICATION ALPHABETICALLY, UNDER EACH
DIVISION.
CLASS I.--FLAT APPLES.
+ORDER I.--REGULAR IN FORM.+
SECTION 1.--SWEET.
SUB-SECTION 1.--SELF-COLORED, NOT STRIPED.
=Camack Sweet.=
[Illustration: Fig. 51.--CAMACK SWEET.]
This newly introduced sort is said to have originated in North
Carolina or Georgia. The trees cultivated in the Northern States are
yet too young for us to judge of their characteristics, but they
appear to be healthy and vigorous.
Fruit medium to large, flat, regular.
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