1. They have the bulge at the same distance from the eye as from the stalk, and are broadly flattened.
2. They are always half an inch broader than high.
Group II.—Acuminati—Pointed.
1. They are broader than high.
2. They diminish from the middle of the apple toward the eye, so that the superior half is conical, and is not at all similar to the inferior half.
Group III.—Oblongi—Oblong or cylindrical.
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.
Group IV.—Sphærici—Round.