MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



BENTLEY'S SWEET. 



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

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

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

 carved; calyx, large : basin, open, deep, furrowed; core, compact; seeds* 

 large, ovate pointed; flesh, yellowish, firm, tender, juicy; "very good.' 3 

 January to September. 



BELMONT. 



Gate, 

 Mamma Beam, 



Golden Pippin of some, 

 White Apple, 



Kelly White, 

 Waxen ofbome. 



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

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

 first 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- 

 itone 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 in Wisconsin ; 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-acid ; core 



