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BRABANT BELLFLOWER. 

 Brabant Belle-fleur, | Iron Apple. 



Foreign. Tree, strong, irregular growth, making, however, a good head. 

 Valuable for cooking. Fruit, above medium, roundish oblong, flattened 

 at ends ; pale yellow, mostly covered with red, striped and splashed ; calyx, 

 large ; basin, wide ; flesh, firm, crisp, sharp sub-acid. November to Janu- 

 ary. 



BRENNAMAN. 



Origin, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Fruit, above medium, yellow- 

 ish, mostly covered with stripes of red; stem, short : calyx, closed ; basin, 

 deep; flesh, white, tender, juicy, sub-acid good for cooking. August. 



BRIGGS' AUBURN. 



Origin, Auburn, Maine. Fruit, large, oblate, very much depressed : skin, 

 light yellow, with a slight blush on the sunny side ; stem, rather long, in 

 a very large cavity ; basin, broad and shallow ; flesh, fine, white, with a 

 very pleasant sub-acid flavor. Tree, hardy and productive. September to 

 October. (Me. P. S. Report.) 



BRITTLE SWEET. 



Origin unknown good grower, and very productive. 



Fruit, above medium, roundish, approaching conic, sometimes elongated, 

 angular ; skin, greenish yellow, shaded and splashed with crimson, sprink- 

 led with gray dots ; stem, short, inserted in a broad, shallow cavity ; calyx, 

 closed, set in a small corrugated basin ; flesh, yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and excellent. September, October. (Downing.) 



BROOKE'S PIPPIN. 



A native of Virginia. Large, roundish, inclining to conical, obscurely 

 ribbed, greenish yellow, with a faint blush ; stem, short, rather stout, deep, 

 irregular, russeted cavity ; basin, small, shallow, waved, sometimes furrow- 

 ed ; seeds, long, slender, acuminate ; flesh, crisp, juicy, of fine texture, with 

 a pleasant aroma ; " best." Winter ; bearing abundantly every year in 

 localities where the Newtown Pippin, to which it bears some resemblance, 

 does not succeed. 



BUCK'S COUNTY. 

 Buck's County Pippin. 



A Pennsylvania Seedling. Large, roundish oblate, inclining to conical ; 

 greenish yellow, with sometimes a faint brown cheek; stem, short, not 

 stout, inserted in a deep, open cavity ; basin, wide, deep, slightly plaited ; 

 seeds, small, short ; flesh, tender ; texture, fine : flavor, excellent ; " very 

 good." (W. D. B.) 



BUFF. 

 Granny Buff. 



Origin, uncertain. Tree, vigorous, erect. Fruit, very large, irregular, 

 roundish flattened, and slightly angular ; skin, thick, yellow, striped, and 

 shaded with red, very dark next the sun, marked with a few greenish rus- 

 set spots ; stem, three-fourths of an inch long, in a medium cavity ; calyx, 

 in a large, irregular basin ; flesh, white, and when well ripened, tender 

 and excellent, sometimes indifferent. November to March. (White's 

 Card. 





