72 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



pale straw color, with brown specks, and a faint blush next 

 the sun; the flesh tender, juicy, with a rich subacid, and 

 excellent flavor. It keeps till March. 

 16O. BLACK COAL. 



A most beautiful and singular fruit, of a fine black or 

 reddish black color ; of large size, or 3J inches in diam- 

 eter. It keeps till April. This fruit I received of Robert 

 Sinclair, of Baltimore. A superb black fruit, of a similar 

 description, and of German origin, I also received of John 

 P. Cushing, Esq., of Belmont, in Watertown. 



61. BLENHEIM ORANGE. 



BLENHEIM PIPPIN. WOODSTOCK PIPPIN.' Ib. 

 One of the largest varieties of dessert apples ; globular ; 

 broadest at the base ; depressed ; yellow in the shade, dull 

 red, with deep stripes, next the sun ; breaking, sweet, juicy, 

 extremely high-flavored. Lately originated. October to 

 March. An English fruit. 



62. *BLUE PEARMAIN. 



A large, beautiful fruit, (not uncommon near Boston ;) of 

 a dark red color, and covered with a dense blue bloom. It 

 is good for the table, excellent for cooking, and ripens from 

 October to January. The tree grows strong and healthy, 

 and is very productive. 



63. CHANDLER. 



The tree is of low growth, and wonderfully productive ; 

 the branches very slender and drooping, like the weeping 

 willow; they are covered with the fruit in thick clusters. 

 A variety which originated on the farm of Mr. Francis 

 Richardson, in Chelmsford, Mass. It was introduced to 

 notice by Gen. Samuel Chandler, of Lexington, who has 

 exhibited specimens to the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. Fruit fine red, flavor moderate. 



64. COS, OR CAAS. Judge Bud. 



Large, round, depressed at the base and crown ; its form 

 inclined ; eye large, in a broad, slightly angular cavity ; 

 the stalk short, thick, in a deep, broad hollow; the skin 

 as smooth as oil, pale yellow, with stripes and specks of red ; 

 stripes and blotches of bright scarlet, dotted with yellow, 

 next the sun ; the flesh nearly while, tender ; juice sweet 

 and agreeable. December to March. Mr. Buel informs 

 us that it is a native of Kingston, N. Y., and a great 

 favorite. 



