ORDER I.—FLAT STREIFLINGE.
1. They have the bulge at the same distance from the eye as from the stalk, and are broadly flattened.
2. They are constantly half an inch broader than high.
ORDER II.—TAPERING STREIFLINGE.
1. They are broader than high.
2. They diminish from the middle of the apple towards the eye, so that the superior half is conical or pyramidal, and not at all similar to the inferior half.
ORDER III.—OBLONG OR CYLINDRICAL STREIFLINGE.
1. The hight and breadth are almost equal.
2. They diminish gradually from the base to the apex.
3. Or from the middle of the fruit they gradually diminish toward the base and apex equally.