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Brabant Bellfloaver. 

 Brabant Belle-fleur, | Iron Apple. 

 Foreign. Tree, strong, irregular growth, making, however, a good head. 

 Valuable for cooking. Fruit, above medium, roundish oblong, flattened 

 at ends ; pale yellow, mostly covered with red, striped and splashed ; calyx, 

 large ; basin, wide ; flesh, firm, cri.'^p, sharp sub-acid. November to Janu- 

 ary. 



Brennaman. 



Origin, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Fruit, above medium, yellow- 

 ish, mostly covered with stripes of red ; stem, short; cal^x, closed; basin, 

 deep; flesh, white, tender, juicy, sub-acid — good for cooking. August. 



Briggs' Auburn. 



Origin. Auburn, Maine. Fruit, large, oblate, very much depressed ; skin, 

 light yellow, with a slight blush on the sunny side ; stem, rather long, in 

 a very large cavity ; basin, broad and shallow ; flesh, fine, white, with a 

 very pleasant sub-acid flavor. Tree, hardy and productive. September to 

 October. (Me. P. S. Report.) 



Brittle Sweet, 



Origin unknown — good grower, and very productive. 



Fruit, above medium, roundish, approaching conic, sometimes elongated, 

 angular ; skin, greenish yellow, shaded and splashed with crimson, sprink- 

 led with gray dots ; stem, short, inserted in a broad, shallow cavity ; calyx, 

 closed, set in a small corrugated basin ; flesh, yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and excellent. September, October. (Downing.) 



Brooke's Pippin. 



A native of Virginia. Large, roundish, inclining to conical, obscurely 

 ribbed, greenish yellow, with a faint blush ; stem, short, rather siout, deep, 

 irregular, russeted cavity ; basin, small, shallow, waved, sometimes furrow- 

 ed ; seeds, long, slender, acuminate : flesh, crisp, juicy, of fine texture, with 

 a pleasant aroma : " best." Winter ; bearing abundantly every year in 

 localities where the Newtown Pippin, to which it bears some resemblance, 

 does not succeed. 



Buck's County. 



Buck's County Pippin. 

 A Pennsylvania Seedling. Largo, roundish oblate, inclining to conical ; 

 greenish yellow, with sometimes a faint brown cheek; stem, short, not 

 stout, inserted in a deep, open cavity ; basin, wide, deep, slightly plaited ; 

 seeds, small, short ; flesh, tender ; texture, fine : flavor, excellent ; " very 

 good." (W. D. B.) 



Buff. 

 Granny Buff. 

 Origin, uncertain. Tree, vigorous, erect. Fruit, very large, irregular, 

 roundish flattened, and slightly angular ; skin, thick, yellow, striped, and 

 shaded with red, very dark next the sun, marked with a few greenish rus- 

 set spots ; stem, three-fourths of an inch long, in a medium cavity ; calyx, 

 in a large, irregular basin ; flesh, white, and when well ripened, tender 

 and excellent, sometimes indifferent. November to March. (White's 

 Gard.) 



