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THE WHITE BELLEFLEUR APPLE. 



Stem.— Long and slen- 

 der, planted in a deep, 

 narrow cavity. 



Colour. — Light yel- 

 low, numerously cover- 

 ed with smutty blotch- 

 es, which readily yieid 

 to the brush, — with 

 occasionally a scarlet 

 blush on the sunny 

 side. 



Skin. — Thin, smooth 

 and oily to the touch. 



Flesh. Yellow- 

 ish white, tender, and 

 abounding in sprightly 

 juice. 



Flavor. Slightly 



sub-acid, blended with 

 rich, saccharine, fine 

 flavored juice. 



Core. — R em ark ably 

 large and open ; seeds 

 small, pointed, and 

 light brown. 



White Bellflower, 

 Green Bellflower, 

 Ohio Favorile, 

 Detroit, 



Maturity. — October White Detroit, 

 to March. 



Yours sincerely, 



Cincinnati, O., December, 1848. 



In common with all pomologists, we owe 

 Mr. Ernst our thanks for clearing up the 

 hitherto vague state of our information re- 

 garding this fruit. The date of his com- 

 munication shows that it was written seve- 

 ral months ago. Having at that time some 

 doubts of the identity of the White Belle- 

 fleur, or Detroit, with the Woolman's Long, 

 or Ortley, we asked permission to allow 

 the communication to lie on our table till 

 we could satisfy ourselves regarding it. 



The Ortley, or Woolman's Long, (both 

 of which have proved identical here, and 

 also, we believe, with Mr. Manning,) were 



of the western 

 states. 



Fig. 70.— White Bellefleur Apple. 



SYNONYMS. 



Hollow Core Pippin, White Pippin, ] 



Greasy Pippin, Yellow Pippin, 



Melting Pippin, Golden Pippin, 



Crane's Pippin, AVoodward's Pippin, 



Warren Pippin, 



Woolman's Long, Ortley Apple, ) _, ~„„i- ,. ,„„.,.„ 

 Ortley Pippin, Van Dynef ' J of English works. 



Jersey Greening, of some. 



better known to us than the White Belle- 

 fleur, or Detroit. But since we first re- 

 ceived Mr. Ernst's communication, we 

 have compared all these fruits together, 

 and also the leaves, wood, and habits of 

 growth of the trees, as received from vari- 

 ous western sources, under the names 

 White Bellefleur, Detroit, etc., and find 

 them all one and the same variety. 



Now, as under the name of Ortley, or 

 Woolman's Long, this fruit is scarcely 

 known in this country, except in the col- 

 lection of a few amateurs, while as the 

 White Bellefleur (or Bellflower,) thousands 

 of the trees are grown in orchards all over 

 the western and northwestern portions of 



