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this is not the case it is one of the b^st apples in South 

 Ohio and Indiana. There is now a superbly fine seedling 

 CJf this variety, raised by Mr. Davis, in Southern Indiana. 

 This seedling has the advantage of not being hollow 

 in the core, like the parent fruit, the White Eellflower. 

 It is named Davis' Seedling. 



BELLFLOWEE, YELLOW. Color, pale yellow, with 

 a blush next the sun ; form, oblong ; size, 1 ; use, table ; 

 quality, 1 ; season, October to March. 



Eemarks. — A beautiful, jjeculiarly good flavored, and 

 well known apple in the markets of Cincinnati and the 

 West. The wood is slender, and like the Newark, or 

 French Pippin, bears its fruit on the ends of the limbs. 

 It is desirable to graft it above ground. The blossoms 

 are very beautiful. It is a superior variety, but not a 

 great bearer. ^ It blooms early, and before the leaves 

 exj)and, that is, on long stems, and therefore liable to be 

 frosted. It bears well ; the fruit drops a little, but all are 

 good for cooking at all times. It becomes of less value 

 as '^ is grown toward the north of us. 



Belmont, or Gate, Color, rich, light yellow, with a 

 glossy surface, and a bronzy blush toward the sun ; 

 form, roundish oblong, but irregular ; size, 2 ; use, des- 

 sert ; quality (Cincinnati), 1 to 2; season, October to 

 February. 



Eemarks. — This is a great and favorite apple in ISTorth- 

 ern Ohio, but succeeds indifferently in South -Western 

 Ohio. It is not yet fully tested in this locality. Dr. 

 Warder considers it a first-rate apple, if it can be so called x 

 without the highest flavor. " Generally approved, espe- 

 cially in JSTorthern Ohio." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Soc. The 

 Gate is very fine at Marietta, Ohio. It is showy, and 

 looks quite rich on the stalls. 



