34 BPJTISH POMOLOGY, ETC. 



22. BEDFORDSHIRE FOUNDLING.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. See. Cat. ed. 3, n. 42. Lind. Guide, 63. Down. Fr. 



Amer. 107. 

 Synonyme. — Cambridge Pippin, Ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 FiGDUE. — Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxviii. f. 2. 



Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and three inches and a 

 half high ; roundish-ovate, inclining to oblong, with irregular and pro- 

 minent angles on the sides, which extend to the apex, and form ridges 

 round the eye. Skin, dark green at first, and changing, as it attains 

 maturity, to pale greenish yellow on the shaded side ; but tinged with 

 orange on the side next the sun, and strewed with a few fawn-colored 

 dots. Eye, open, set in a deep, narrow, and angular basin. Stalk, short, 

 inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, pleasantly sub-acid, 

 and with a somewhat sugary flavor. 



An excellent culinary apple of ^rst-rate quality, in use from Novem- 

 ber to March. 



23. BELLE BONNE.— Lind. 



Identification. — Lind. Guide, 63. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 43. 



Synontmes. — Winter Belle boon, Park. Par. 587. Winter Belle and Bonne, Eaii 

 Hist. II, 1448. Winter Belle and Bon, Worl. Vin. 156. Rolland, Ace. Lind. 

 Guide. 



Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and three and a quarter 

 high ; ovato-conical. Skin, thick, pale greenish yellow, and marked 

 with a few redish streaks on the side next the sun. Eye, small and 

 closed. Stalk, half-an-inch long, obliquely inserted under a fleshy lip. 

 Flesh, firm, juicy, and well-flavored. 



A valuable culinary apple, in use from October to January. The tree 

 is very hardy, a strong, vigorous, and healthy grower, and a good bearer. 



This is a very old English variety. It was known to Parkinson so 

 early as 1629, and also to Worlidge and Ray. But it is not noticed by 

 any subsequent author, or enumerated in any of the nursery catalogues 

 of the last century, until discovered by George Lindley, growing in a 

 garden at Gatton, near Norwich, and published by him in the Trans- 

 actions of the London Horticultural Society, vol. iv., p. 58. He seems 

 to be uncertain whether it is the Summer, or Winter Belle Bonne of these 

 early authors, but Worlidge's description leaves no doubt as to its iden- 

 tity. He says " The Summer Belle et Bonne is a good bearer, but the 

 fruit is not long lasting. The Winter Belle and Bon is much to be pre- 

 ferred to the Simimer in every respect." I have no doubt, therefore, 

 that the latter is the Belle Bonne of Lindley. Parkinson says " they 

 are both fair fruit to look on, being yellow, and of a meane (medium) 

 bignesse." 



24. BELLEDGE PIPPIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 49. 



Synonymes. — BeUedge, Lhid. Guide, 36. Belledge Pippin, Hort. Soc. Cat. 



ed. 1, 65. 

 Figure. — Eon. Pyr. Mai. pi. xvi., f. 4. 



Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches 



