THE APPLE. 



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spur of tliG Blue Ridgo — a few miles from Arorg-anton. Tree a 

 vigorous grower, rather tall and spreading; hears moderate crops 

 annually; keeps well, and is said to be a valuaVjle variety for that 

 locality. 



Fruit medium, oblate, regular; skin yellowish, entirely covered 

 with pale red and yellow, thickly striped and splashed with crimson, 

 jHirplish crimson in the sun, moderately sprinkled with light, yel- 

 lowish dots; stalk short, rather small; cavity small or medium, tliin 

 russet; calyx closed; basin rather large and broad; flesh white, 

 half fine, rather firm, mild subacid; very good; core small. Ripens 

 in November, and keeps till March. 



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Belle de Boskoop. 



A new variety, trees of which I received from France; it is said 

 to be of Russian origin. Tree vigorous, spreading-, comes into bear- 

 ing moderately early, and produces abundantly alternate years of 

 fair fruit, good size, very good quality; keeps well, and is a promis- 

 ing variety. 



Fruit medium to large, oblate to roundish oblate, sometimes a 



Bello do Boskoop. 



little oblique; skin yellow, shaded with light and dark red over 

 nearly the whole surface, with some rather obscure stripes and 

 splashes on the shaded side, some specimens more or less mixed with 

 russet, and many small and large yellowish-l)rown dots, with some 

 irregular ones; stalk short, small; cavity rather large, often rus- 

 seted, sometimes extending in rays out on the fruit; calyx closed, 

 or partially open; basin large, round, deep, slightly corrugated; 



