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BOSSOM. Fruit, large and conical ; handsomely and regularly 

 formed. Skin, pale greenish yellow, considerably covered with russet, 

 and occasionally marked with bright red next the sun. Eye, set in a 

 shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a rather 

 deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, crisp, juicy, and sugary, 

 and with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. 



An excellent culinary apple, though not of the first quality ; in use 

 during December and January. The flesh is said to assume a fine 

 colour when baked. 



BOSTON RUSSET (R<>.rhimj Russet : Shippers Russet; Putman's 

 Jiuwt). Fruit, medium sized, three inches and a quarter wide, and 

 two inches and a half high ; roundish, somewhat flattened, narrowing 

 towards the apex, and slightly angular. Skin, covered entirely with 

 brownish yellow russet intermixed with green, and sometimes with a 

 faint tinge of reddish brown next the sun. Eye, closed, set in a round 

 and rather shallow basin. Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. 

 Stalk, long, slender, and inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, juicy, sugary, briskly, and richly flavoured. Cells, 

 elliptical ; axile. 



A very valuable dessert apple, of the first quality, in season from 

 January to April, and will even keep till June. It partakes much of 

 the flavour of the Eibston Pippin, and, as a late winter dessert apple, 

 is not to be surpassed. 



The tree is not large, but healthy, very hardy, and an immense 

 bearer, and, when grafted on the paradise stock, is well suited for being 

 grown either as a dwarf or an espalier. 



This is an old American variety, and one of the few introduced to this country 

 which attains perfection in our climate. It is extensively grown in the neighbour- 

 hood of Boston, U.S., both for home consumption and exportation, and realises a 

 considerable and profitable return to the growers. 



Bough. See Large Yellow Bough. 



BOWES'S NONESUCH. Fruit, below medium size, two inches 

 and a half wide, and two inches high ; roundish and angular, particu- 

 larly towards the crown, which is ridged and knobbed. Skin, smooth 

 and shining, and, when quite ripe, of a pale waxen yellow colour on 

 the shaded side, and marked with a few broken streaks of crimson ; 

 but where exposed to the sun it is washed almost all over with pale 

 red, which is covered with broken streaks of dark crimson. Eye, 

 slightly closed, with broad leaf-like segments, and considerably sunk. 

 Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, stout, and inserted in a deep round 

 russety cavity. Flesh, pale yellowish white, very tender and melting, 

 mildly and agreeably acid, with a very delicate flavour. 



A pretty little culinary apple ; in use from October to Christmas. 



This was introduced to me by Mr. M'Ewen, gardener to the Duke of Norfolk, at 

 Arundel Castle. 



Bowyer's Golden Pippin. See Bowyer's Russet. 



