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grown in the valley of the river Froome. Its juice however is light 

 and pale, and will help t-^ fill the cider, or perry cask, with equal 

 efficiency. 



Black-Eyed Pippin.- ~A recent variety, much esteemed at 

 Bishop's Froome, where it seems to have been raised. It makes a 

 strong, full bodied cider, but not sweet enough for most people. It 

 is most useful to mix with other varieties. 



Black Hereford. — A large, white apple, grown in Somerset- 

 shire, and reported as "good for extra prime tipple." It is not 

 known in Herefordshire, where the Black Hereford (formerly Black 

 Normati) is a dark green apple, below middle size. 



Black Wilding. — A fine looking conical apple, of a depressed 

 colour, from the valley of the Froome. It is probably grown for its 

 colour, since it has not much distinctive character as a cider apple. 



Bottle Stopper. — A Devonshire apple of good acidity, in 

 high repute for apple jelly, and said also to make good cider. 



Bridge Pippin. — An early Gloucestershire apple, yellow and 

 sweet. The tree is erect and bears freely. 



Bristol Crab. — A cider or pot fruit. There are some fine 

 trees at Moorcroft and Colwall. The fruit makes excellent cider, 

 good enough to be " kept for the master's drinking." 



Broad-Eyed Pippin. — x\ yellow apple somewhat like the 

 Downton Pippin, but larger. It is second early, a fair dessert fruit, 

 and should be sold as such, since it has no especial merit for the 

 cask. 



Broad-leaved Hereford (formerly Broad-leaved Norman). — 

 A large pale green apple, with a slight flush of red on the sunny 

 side, of a conical shape with obtuse angles. The trees grow freely 

 with large foliage, and they are all comparatively young trees, so 

 the variety must be recent. They bear an abundance of fruit of a 

 sweet and slightly bitter taste. It makes good cider. 



Broadtail. — A very productive variety, which comes quickly 

 into bearing. It is grown widely in the northern and eastern districts 

 of Herefordshire. It is a hard fleshed apple, which keeps well and 

 is often sold in the market as pot fruit. It is not a good apple 

 however, and its cider is pale and without character. 



