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APPLES. " 17 



BENOIN^I. Color, striped red ; form, round ; size, 2 ; 

 use, table ; quality, 1 ; season, July. 



Eemarks. — Excellent \ one of the best earlj fruits ; 

 flesh, yellow; a good bearer; sub-acid, and pleasant. 

 Often exhibited before the Cincinnati Horticultural Soci- 

 ety ; considered by the Fruit Committee of the Society, 

 " prolific, pleasantly acid, and very agreeable." A strong, 

 upright, good grower. " Handsome, early and good." — 

 Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. Comes into bearing early. 



Bentleys Sweet. Color, red and yellow striped, or 

 blotched ; form, oblong, irregular, flattened at ends ; sea- 

 son, January to September. 



Eemarks. — " G-ood as a long keeper." — Trans. Ohio 

 Pom. Society. 



Bevan. Color, broad red stripes on yellow ground ; 

 form, roundish, flattened, slightl}^ conical ; size 3 ; use, 

 table ; quality, 3 ; season, July and August. 



Eemarks. — Origin, Ohio. Best for market purposes to 

 carry long distances. But at any rate of but little value, 

 when there are so many so much better. " Of but little 

 value." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



Beefsteak. 



Eemarks. — "Not approved." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



Better-than-good. Size, 2 ; use, table ; quality, 2. 

 Eemarks. — Bears too much. A Pennsylvania apple. 



Bethlehemite. Color, striped red ; form, regular ; size, 2 ; 

 season, October till April. 



Eemarks. — " Eesembles the Newtown Spitzenburg in 

 appearance." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. Scarcely worthy 

 of introduction and propagation. A fine grower. 



