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DESCRIPTIONS 



84. BELMONT, GATE, OR WAXEN (Fig. 1 and 2.) 



Fig. 64 



Fruit of the medium size, irregular 

 and unsymmetrical, tapering to 

 both extremities from the mid- 

 dle. Color golden yellow, uni- 

 form, fair, skin resinous. Stem 

 long, slender, high above the 

 base. Calyx moderate, tube 

 open, depressions irregular.— 

 Flesh juicy, high flavored with 

 nasturtion. This variety is quite 

 distinct and stands by itself. The 

 calyx tube being open, renders 

 it liable to defects at the centre. 

 Ohio. Fig. 2, transverse section, 

 showing the sub-pentangular 

 tendency. 

 The specimens which have fallen 

 under my notice were always 

 unsymmetrical. Perhaps the fig- 

 ures give distorted views, yet 

 they seem to be generally correct. 

 The apple is very fine for the des- 

 sert, and is well worth cultivat- 

 ing. 



