Apples. 



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Barbour. Medium, roundish oblate ; 

 striped ; pleasant, very good. Pa. 



Barrett. Rather large, conical, 

 striped red on yellow ; pleasant, 

 aromatic, nearly sweet. Winter. 

 Conn. 



Bars. Rather large, roundish, pale 

 yellow, marbled red ; mild, pleas- 

 ant, rich. Late summer. Rhode I 

 Island. 



Bean Sweet. Medium, oblong ovate, 

 white, handsome ; crisp, juicy 

 baking. Autumn and winter. 

 Little known. 



Beauty of Kent, p. 217. 



Beauty of the West. Large, round- j 

 ish, regular, striped ; sweet, pleas- 

 ant, of moderate flavor. Autumn. 



Bedfordshire Foundling. Large, 

 roundish, green ; pleasant, acid 

 cooking. Autumn and winter. 

 English. 



Beef Steak, or -Garden Apple. Me- 

 dium, oblate, somewhat oval, 

 striped ; mild, pleasant, sub-acid. 

 Autumn. Mass. 



Belden Sweet. Rather small, conic, 

 angular, yellow with a blush ; flesh 

 white, pleasant, aromatic. Winter. 

 Conn. 



Belle de Boskoop. Above medium, 

 roundish, shaded and obscurely j 

 striped red on yellow skin ; crisp, 

 juicy, brisk sub-acid, rich, very 

 good. Late winter. Russian. 



Belle et Bonne, p. 242. [Another 

 Belle Bonne (called also Billy 

 Bond) is cultivated in Western 

 New York, and is a medium, 

 roundish conic, striped apple, j 

 rather coarse, and good for cook- 

 ing-] 



Belle-Fleur. See Bellflower. 



Belle-Fleur Rouge, or Red Bell- 

 flower. Large, oblong conical, 

 striped ; of moderate or poor fla- 

 vor. Winter. 



Bellflower. See White and Yellow 

 Bellflower. 



Bell's Early. See Sops of Wine. 



Bell's Scarlet Pearmain. See Scarlet 

 Pearmain. 



Belmont, p. 242. 



Belzer. Medium, striped red on 

 greenish yellow ; flesh white, sub- 

 acid. August. Ohio. 



Ben. See Eustis. 



Ben Davis, p. 230. 



Benoni, p. 208. 



Bentley's Sweet, p. 227. 



Berry, or Red Hazel. See Nicka- 

 jack. 



Bethlehemite, p. 231. 



Betsey's Fancy. Rather small, ob- 

 late, yellow, shaded dull red ; mild 

 sub-acid. Winter. 



Better than Good, or Juicy Bite. 

 Medium, oblate, pale yellow ; ten- 

 der, mild, sub-acid. Early win- 

 ter. Pa. 



Bevan, or Bevan's Favorite. Medi- 

 um, roundish oblate, striped red 

 and yellow ; flesh firm, sub-acid. 

 Late summer. N. J. 



Billy's Pippin. Large, round ovate, 

 red on yellow ; sub-acid, rich, 

 very good. Autumn. 



Black Apple. See Jersey Black. 



Black Coal. Rather large, roundish, 

 irregular, dark red with white dots ; 

 flesh white, a little stained, rather 

 acid. Early winter. Western. 



Black Detroit, p. 233. 



Black Gilliflower, p. 231. 



Black Lady Apple, resembles the 

 Lady Apple in size and form, but 



