MOST GENEEALLY ESTEEMED. 



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Bentley's Sweet. 



From Virginia. Tree.) moderately vigorous, hardy, good bearer, great 

 keeper ; valuable South, in rich soils ] fruity above medium, oblong irre- 

 gular, flattened at ends, red and yellow striped, or blotched : stem^ long, 

 curved ; calyx, large ; basin, opcH, deep, furrowed ; core, compact ', seeds, 

 large, ovate pointed; Jlesh, yellowish, firm, tender, juicy; "very good,'"' 

 January to September. 



Belmont. 



Gate, 

 Mamma Beam, 



Golden Pippin o/some, 

 White Apple, 



Kelly White, 

 Waxen o/some. 



American. By some stated to have originated in Virginia, by others, in 

 Pennsylvania, and, on the authority of Prof. Kirtland, Mr. Downing, in his 

 tirst edition of '■• Fruits and Fruit Trees," made it synonymous with the 

 " Waxen" of Coxe. 



Tree, healthy, vigorous, spreading, wood yellowish, good bearer, does not 

 succeed on the alluvial soils of the West, but on all high, warm, or lime- 

 stone soils does finely, and makes a large tree. 



Size, medium to large ; form, irregular, usually roundish, sometimes 

 oblong rounded. South it grows very large, and also West, on new rich 

 soils m W^isconsin ; but grown South its delicacy, fine grain, and flavor are 

 lost. Skin, thin, smooth, glossy, or oily ; color, rich clear light yellow ; at 

 South with a few dark brown specks, and North with a clear vermillion 

 red cheek, with carmine spots : South slight russet marblings, and much of 

 mould or fungus ; stem, medium length, projecting slightly beyond the sur- 

 face, always slender ; calyx, varying from small and close to open and 

 reflexed ; basin, from shallow to rather deep, always furrowed ; flesh, yel- 

 lowish white fine-grained, very tender, juicy, sprightly, sub-acia ; core 



