28 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



BOWYER'S RUSSET (Boicyer's Golden Pippin). Fruit, small, 

 two inches high, and about two and a half broad at the base ; roundish 

 ovate. Skin, entirely covered with fine yellow-coloured russet. Eye, 

 small and closed, set in a small and slightly plaited basin. Stalk, 

 short, inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, greenish white tinged with 

 yellow, crisp, brisk, and aromatic. 



A dessert apple of the first quality ; in use during September and 

 October. 



The tree attains a good size, is an abundant bearer, very healthy, 

 and not subject to canker. 



BRABANT BELLEFLEUR (Glory of Flanders; Iron Apple). 

 Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and three and a quarter 

 high ; roundish ovate, inclining to oblong or conical, ribbed on the 

 sides, and narrowing towards the eye. Skin, greenish yellow, changing 

 to lemon yellow as it attains maturity, and striped with red next the 

 sun. Eye, large and open, with long broad segments, set in a wide 

 and angular basin. Stamens, marginal ; tube, deep, conical. Stalk, 

 short, inserted in a deep and wide cavity, which is lined with brown 

 russet. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a sugary, 

 aromatic, and pleasantly sub-acid flavour. Cells, closed, elliptical. 



An excellent culinary apple of the finest quality ; in use from Novem- 

 ber to April. 



The tree is hardy, and though not strong, is a healthy grower, 

 attaining the middle size, and an excellent bearer. 



This variety was forwarded to the gardens of the London Horticultural Society 

 by Messrs. Booth, of Hamburgh. 



BRADDICK'S NONPAREIL (Ditton Nonpareil). Fruit, medium 

 sized ; roundish and flattened, inclining to oblate. Skin, smooth, 

 greenish yellow in the shade, and brownish red next the sun, russety 

 round the eye, and partially covered, on the other portions of the 

 surface, with patches of brown russet. Eye, open, with short broad 

 segments, set in a narrow, deep, round, saucer-like basin, which is 

 slightly plaited. Stamens, median, or basal ; tube, very short ; 

 conical. Stalk, very short, not half an inch long, inserted in a round 

 and rather shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish, rich, sugary, and aroma- 

 tic. Cells, ovate ; axile. 



One of the best winter dessert apples ; in use from November to 

 April, and by many considered more sweet and tender than the old 

 Nonpareil. 



The tree is quite hardy, a slender grower, and never attains to a 

 large size, but is a very excellent bearer. It succeeds well on the 

 paradise stock, and is well adapted for dwarfs, or for being grown as 

 an espalier. 



This excellent variety was raised by John Braddick, Esq., of Thames Ditton, an 

 ardent horticulturist, who died at Boughton Mount, near Maidstone, April 1 4th, 

 1828, aged 63. 



