La pomology It is the art of growing fruit trees, a branch of horticulture that requires knowledge and precision, and in which a set of specific techniques participate.
Knowing the nature of fruit trees is vital to start growing them and that is why it is necessary to study the fruits in order to know what type of tree they belong to. Fruit trees are classified according to the morphology and characteristics of their fruits.
Classification
According to type of fruit it is possible to classify them into different groups. Trees that have tender fruits and a stone inside are known as drupes. This is the case of the plum, olive, mango or cherry, with fleshy fruits and seeds that hide inside the bone.
However, there are also trees whose fruits are almost identical, although with the exception that they do not have a bone but that the seeds are concentrated inside the fruit. Are the knobs and within these are the apple tree, the pear tree or the medlar.
Then there are those trees whose fruits are somewhat more eccentric and instead of the classical morphology present a varied structure. There are several classifications: citrus fruits are the hesperidia, the fig trees are sycon trees.
The rarest
There are also trees that share the same trait: the production of hard or dried fruits, enclosed in shells. This is the case of hazelnut, chestnut, oak or holm oak. Very similar to these is also the group of trees that produce fleshy fruits that dry out over time. Nogales and almond trees are from the game.