20 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



BouGHj Early Sweet. Color, yellow ; form, roundish, 

 conical ovate ; size, 1 ; use, table ; quality, 2 ; season, July 

 and August. 



Eemarks. — A fine sugary variety. The tree is a com- 

 pact grower, and is rather a shy bearer. Subject to fall. 

 When really ripe ii3 fine, but never much flavor, beside 

 the sweet. Exhibited by several members of the Cincin- 

 nati Horticultural Society. Committee on Fruit decide it 

 " a fine saccharine variety." 



BoxFORD. — Color, red striped ; form, compressed ; size, 

 2 ; use, table ; quality, 2 ; season, August, or early in Sept. 



Eemarks. — Superior to most. Tender, pleasant, but 

 transient, and lacks character. 



Brabant Bellflower. Color, yellow and red ; form, 

 roundish oblong ; size, 1 to 2 ; use, kitchen ; quality, 2 to 

 3; season, October to February. 



Ee3iarks. — Sharp, sub-acid. Handsome and striking 

 in appearance. Almost unworthy of cultivation, too much 

 like Pen nock. Its fine appearance will sell it in market, 

 until, like many others of this kind, its real qualities, and 

 those of better, are more known. '' Little known in 

 Ohio." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



Bracken, synonj^mous with Wliite Janeating, and Juneat- 

 ing. Color, y<x\Q yellow, sometimes a faint blush ; form, 

 flattish round; size, 3; use, table; quality, 2; season, 

 early in July. 



Eemarks. — ISTot very good for the kitchen. In south- 

 eastern Ohio a favorite early apple ; also in Virginia ; else- 

 where, little known. An old foreign variety, popular in 

 some sections for its earliness. " Eesembles, if not identi- 

 cal with. Early Harvest, or Yellow Harvest " (Prince's). 

 — Travs. Ohio Pom. Society. There is another apple near 



