3. Over the crimson there is a light thin trace, or a complete covering of russet.
CLASS IV.—MALA MALARIA—Perfect or Pure Apple-Shaped.
They are of a perfectly sweet or vinous flavor, approaching to pure acid.
ORDER I.—STRIOLA, or Striped.
1. They are almost always marked with broken stripes of red.
2. These are either over the whole fruit, or only indistinctly on the side exposed to the sun.
3. The stripes may all be distinct—that is, clearly and finely striped; or between these stripes, on the side next the sun, the fruit is dotted, shaded or washed with red; but on the shaded side the stripes are well defined.
5. The fruit does not decay, except when gathered before maturity, or after the period when it has been properly ripened.
Group I.—Depressa—Flat.