Conic, or conical, indicates a decided contraction toward the blossom end, fig. 31; Ob-conic implies that the cone is very short or flattened.
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Fig. 30.—ROUND. |
Fig. 31.—CONICAL. |
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Fig. 32.—OBLONG OR TRUNCATE. |
Fig. 33.—OBLONG CONIC. |
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Fig. 34.—OVATE. |
Fig. 35.—OBLATE. |
Oblong means that the axial diameter is the longer, or that it appears so, for an oblong apple may have equal diameters; fig. 32.
Oblong-conic, that the outline also tapers rapidly toward the eye; fig. 33.
Oblong-ovate, that it is fullest in the middle; and like
Ovate, which means egg-shaped, that it tapers to both ends; fig. 34.
Oblate, or flattened, when the axial diameter is decidedly the shorter; fig. 35.
Obtuse is applied to any of these figures that is not very decided.
Cylindrical and truncate are dependent upon one another, thus a globular, or still more remarkably, an oblong fruit, which is abruptly truncated or flattened at the ends, appears cylindrical in its form.