They are of a perfectly sweet or vinous flavor, approaching to pure acid.
ORDER I. STRIOLA.—STRIPED APPLES.
1. They are all, and 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.—4. The cells are regular.—5. The fruit does not decay, except when gathered before maturity, or after the period when it has been properly ripened.
GROUP 1. FRUCTUS DEPRESSI.—FRUIT FLAT.
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 2. FRUCTUS ACUMINATI.—POINTED FRUIT.
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 is not at all similiar to the inferior half.
GROUP 3. FRUCTUS OBLONGI.—FRUIT OBLONG OR CYLINDRICAL.
1. The height 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 towards the base and apex equally.
GROUP 4. FRUCTUS SPHÆRICI.—FRUIT ROUND.