100 



APPLES. 



Fruit about two inches in diameter, roundish-oval, narrowing 

 at the eye. Skin pale yellow, with a full red cheek, sprinkled 

 with a little russet. Calyx set in a small, even basin but little 

 sunk. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Flesh yellowish-white, 

 very firm and crisp, with a rich, brisk, perfumed flavour. The 

 tree grows rather loosely, and the blossoms appear late. No- 

 vember to February. 



76. BELLE-FLEUR, YELLOW. Thomp. 



Bell-Flower. Coxe. Flay. Ken. 

 Yellow Bellflower, of most nurserie*. 



The Yellow Belle-Fleur is a large, handsome, and excellent 

 winter apple, every where highly esteemed in the United States. 

 It is most abundantly seen in the markets of Philadelphia, as it 

 thrives well in the sandy soils of New-Jersey. Coxe first de- 

 scribed this fruit ; the original tree of which, grew in Burling. 



Fig. 40. Yellow BeOe-Fleur. 



