With regard to their Flavor, fruits may be said to be vinous, sub-acid, acid, and very acid, or sugary, sweet, very sweet, and honey sweet; they may be flat and insipid, or highly flavored, mild, or astringent; and as to fragrance, in which they may remind us of many other agreeable odors, they may be said to be perfumed and aromatic, or otherwise.
In deciding upon the quality of the fruit that has thus been subjected to this series of tests, and to this thorough examination, we shall find that the decision will depend upon the individual tastes, the likes and dislikes of those who are called upon to render judgment, and that, at best, the result must be arbitrary. The terms expressive of this division are inferior, good, very good, and best.
FOOTNOTES:
[46] From καρπος, Greek, for fruit.