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shallow plaited basin ; flesh, yellowish, white, tender, juicy, flavor plea- 

 sant, quality very good. (Ad. Int. Rep.) 



Bean Sweet. 



" This fruit I procured of the late Judge Buel. Medium size, ovate 

 oblong. Color, nearly white, producing a splendid appearance when ripe 

 on the tree ; crisp and juicy \ ripe in October ; will keep till February or 

 March; a good baking apple." (B. V. French, Esq., Ms.) 



Beef Steak. 



Garden Apple. 



Origin, Massachusetts : Habit, like Baldwin. Fruit, medium, roundish 



oval ; greenish yellow, marbled and striped with red ] stem, medium ; 



cavity, deep ; calyx, closed : basin, open, shallow ; flesh, yellowish, tender, 



mild sub-acid; "very good ; '' core, medium. October and November. 



Belden Sweet. 

 American, Fruit small, globular, light yellow; stem, medium : cavity, 

 deep ; flesh, white, tender, good ; core, large, open. February and March. 



Ben Davis. 

 From Kentucky. Tree, vigorous grower, constant and abundant bearer. 

 Fruit, large, roundish, striped and splashed with red and yellow ; stem, 

 short ; cavity, narrow, deep, uneven ; calyx, closed ; basin, angular ; flesh, 

 white, sometimes tinged with red, mild sub-acid, pleasant flavor; core, 

 medium ; seeds, large, dark brown. Winter and Spring. 



Belzer. 



American : Ohio. Fruit, medium, red striped on greenish yellow : 

 flesh, white, fine grained, juicy, sub-acid. August. (T. S. Humrickhouse, 

 in Hov. Mag.) 



Better than Good. 



Juicy Bite. 



From Pennsylvania. May prove identical with some already described. 



Tree, slender, irregular. Fruit, medium, roundish, tapering to the eye; 



yellowish white ; flesh, tender, juicy, sub-acid ; " very good." Early 



Winter. 



Betsy's Fancy. 



Origin, unknown, a free grower, rather spreading, good bearer. 



Fruit, scarcely medium, oblate ; skin, yellowish, shaded with dull red ; 

 stem, short, inserted in a moderate cavity; calyx, closed; basin, shallow, 

 and uneven ; flesh, compact, tender, pleasant, mild sab-acid flavor. De- 

 cember to March. 



Bevan. 

 Bevan Favorite, | Striped June. 



From New Jersey. Valuable as a market fruit, to transport long dis- 

 tances. Fruit, below medium, roundish flattened, slightly conical, distinct, 

 broad red stripes on yellow ; stem, varying from short to long ; cavity, shal- 

 low ; calyx, large ; basin, plaited ; flesh, firm, tough, sub-acid ; seeds, 

 plump, ovate pyriform. August. 



