Their flavor is neither balsamic nor aromatic; they are purely sweet or acid, their flesh is granulous and loose.
ORDER I. TREMARIA.—SEEDS LOOSE.
1. These are almost always large apples, the skin of which is neither unctuous nor covered with bloom.—2. They are also furnished with ribs, but they are not so regular as in the Calvilles.—3. The cells are very large, irregular, widened, and generally open.—4. The calycinal tube is most generally widely conical, and does not extend to the cells.—5. They are of a flattened, conical, cylindrical, or pointed shape.—6. Their flesh is loose, more often a little coarse, and of a slight balsamic flavor.—7. The leaves of these trees are very large, rather deeply dentated, and less downy than those of the Calvilles and Bastard Calvilles.
GROUP 1. FRUCTUS UNICOLORES.—FRUIT SELF-COLORED.
Green, greenish-yellow, or golden yellow, and lightly tinged with red.
GROUP 2. FRUCTUS BICOLORES.—TWO COLORED.
Yellow or green, and distinctly striped or washed with red.
ORDER II. RAMBURA.—RAMBURES.
1. They are all very large.—2. They have almost always the two halves unequal.—3. They are constantly broader than high, and appear sometimes higher than they are.—4. They are not furnished with ribs except round the eye; these ribs are often irregular in numbers, and frequently form broad projections on the fruit.—5. They do not decay, but shrivel when they are past maturity.—6. The flesh is coarsely granulous, rarely aromatic, often, nevertheless, very agreeable.
GROUP 1. CAPSULIS AMPLIS.—CELLS WIDE.