WINTER APPLES. 



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ton, New-Jersey. We follow Thompson, in calling it Belle- 

 Fleur, from the beauty of the blossoms, with the class of French 

 apples, to which it belongs. 



Fruit very large, oblong, a little irregular, tapering to the eye. 

 Skin smooth, pale lemon yellow, often with a blush next the sun. 

 Stalk long and slender, in a deep cavity. Calyx closed and set 

 in a rather narrow, plaited basin. Seeds in a large hollow cap- 

 sule or core. Flesh tender, juicy, crisp, with a sprightly, sub- 

 acid flavour ; before fully ripe, it is considerably acid. Wood 

 yellowish, and tree vigorous, with spreading, drooping branches. 

 A regular and excellent bearer, and worthy of a place in every 

 orchard. November to March, 



77. BELLE-FLETJR, WHITE. 



White Bellflower. > of Indiana, and the 

 Green Bellflower. $ North, and West. 

 Detroit. ) of Cincin- 



White Detroit. ( noli. 



Cumberland Spice. Core. 

 Monstrous Bellflower \ Coxe. 

 Ohio Favourite. 

 Hollow Cored Pippin, (of some.- 



The White Belle-Fleur is one of the most widely dissemina- 

 ted and popular apples in the Western states. It is a native, 

 and was originally carried to the west by Mr. Brunson, a nur- 

 seryman, who emigrated from New- York first to Huron co., 

 Ohio, and afterwards to Wayne co., Indiana disseminating it 



largely. 

 It grows 

 pretty 

 strongly, 

 bears ve- 

 ry abun- 

 dantly, 

 and its 

 brittle 

 bearing 

 shootsaro 

 inclined 

 to break. 

 Head 

 spread- 

 ing, but 

 notdroop- 

 ing. 



This is 

 a very 

 fair and 

 hands'me 

 fruit, less 



Fig. 41. White Belle-Fleur. acid than 



the Yellow Belle-Fleur. The Cumberland Spice, of Coxe, well 



