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long leafy convergent segments set in a rather deep irregular basin. 

 Stamens, median; tube, short, conical. Stalk, nearly an inch long, 

 slender, set in a wide, funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, greenish, tender, 

 juicy, and crisp, with a faint sweetness. Cells, ovate ; axile. 

 A Herefordshire cider apple. 



BLACK TAUNTON (Taunton Black). Fruit, two inches and three- 

 quarters wide, and two inches high ; roundish oblate, even and regular, 

 but undulating round the apex. Skin, very prettily coloured with 

 crimson, and streaked with darker crimson, which streaks extend to 

 the shaded side and mingle with the rich yellow ground colour ; the 

 surface prettily speckled with large fawn-coloured clots. Eye, open or 

 closed, the segments being sometimes erect and sometimes connivent, 

 set in a pretty deep depression, which is angular. Stamens, median ; 

 tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch long, slender, and inserted 

 in a deep, wide, funnel-shaped cavity, which is lined with cinnamon- 

 coloured russet. Flesh, yellowish, tender, with a mild acidity. Cells, 

 open, ovate ; axile. 



A popular Somersetshire cider apple. 



Blanche de Leipsic. See Borsdorfer. 



BLAND'S JUBILEE (Jubilee Pippin). Fruit, large, three inches 

 and a quarter wide, and two inches ami three-quarters high; round, 

 narrowing a little towards the eye, and obscurely ribbed. Skin, dull 

 yellow tinged with green, but changing to clear yellow as it ripens ; 

 marked with russet in the basin of the eye, and strewed over its 

 surface with large russety dots. Eye, small and closed, with long 

 acuminate segments, set in a narrow, deep, and even basin. Stalk, 

 short, inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, 

 crisp, juicy, sugary, and perfumed. 



An excellent apple, either for culinary purposes or the dessert. It 

 is in use from October to January. 



This was raised by Michael Bland, Esq., of Norwich. The seed was sown on 

 the day of the jubilee which celebrated the 50th year of the reign of George III., 

 in 1809, and the tree first produced fruit in 1818. It is not a variety which is met 

 within general cultivation, but deserves to be more widely known. 



Blenheim Orange. See Blenheim Pippin. 



BLENHEIM PIPPIN (Blenheim Orange; Woodstock Pippin; 

 Northwick Pippin; Kempster's Pippin). Fruit, large, being generally 

 three inches wide, and two and a half high ; globular, and some- 

 what flattened, broader at the base than the apex, regularly and 

 handsomely shaped. Skin, yellow, with a tinge of dull red next the 

 sun, and streaked with deeper red. Eye, large and open, with short 

 stunted segments, placed in a round and rather deep basin. Stamens, 

 median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, short and stout, rather deeply 

 inserted, and scarcely extending beyond the base. Flesh, yellow, 

 crisp, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly acid. Cells, open, obovate ; axile. 



