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cheek marked with broken stripes of darker crimson on the side 

 exposed to the sun ; the whole surface is strewed very thinly with 

 small brown dots. Eye, small and open, with erect pointed segments, 

 and set in a deep and wide basin. Stalk, short and slender, the cavity 

 of which is very shallow and straight, not unlike that of Kerry Pippin. 

 Flesh, white, firm, crisp, very juicy, sugary, and well-flavoured. 



An excellent apple, either for the dessert or kitchen purposes, the 

 great recommendation of which is that it keeps in sound condition till 

 May. S< highly was it appreciated by the Fruit Committee of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society that it was awarded a first-class certificate 

 in 1867. 



This was raised by Mr. Balchin, Master of the Union, Dorking. 



BALDWIN (Red Balln-in ; linth-r'x; W,>,1 Decker}. Fruit, large, 

 tlm e iiu-hrs and a half wide, and about three inches high ; ovato- 

 conical. Skin, smooth, yellow on the shaded side, and on the side 

 next the sun deep orange, covered with stripes of bright red, which 

 sometimes extend over the whole surface to the shaded side, and 

 marked with large russety dots. Eye, closed, set in a deep, narrow, 

 and plaited basin. Stalk, about an inch long, slender, and inserted in 

 a deep cavity, from which issue ramifying patches of russet. Flesh, 

 yellowish, crisp, juicy, and pleasantly acid, with a rich and agreeable 

 flavour. 



A culinary apple, in season from November to March. The tree is 

 vigorous, and an abundant bearer ; but, like the generality of the 

 American sorts, it does not attain the size or flavour in this country 

 which it does in its native soil. 



This is considered one of the finest apples in the Northern States of America, 

 and is extensively grown in Massachusetts, for the supply of the Boston market. 



Balgone Pippin. See Golden Pippin. 

 Baltimore. See Gloria Mundi. 



BANK APPLE. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three-quar- 

 ters wide, and about two inches and a half high ; roundish-ovate, 

 regularly and handsomely formed. Skin, greenish yellow, with a 

 blush and faint streaks of red next the sun, dotted all over with 

 minute dots, and marked with several large spots of rough russet ; the 

 base is covered with a coating of russet, strewed with silvery scales. 

 Eye, large and open, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, half 

 an inch long, obliquely inserted by the side of a fleshy prominence. 

 Flesh, firm, crisp, brisk, juicy, and pleasantly acid, resembling the 

 Winter Greening in flavour. 



It is an excellent culinary apple, in use from November to 

 February ; but as it has nothing to recommend it, in preference to 

 other varieties already in cultivation, it need only be grown in large 

 collections. 



The original tree was produced from a pip, accidentally sown in the home 



