APPLES. 337 



Section ILNot Striped. 



Antonovka. Roundish oblate ; yellow with white bloom : basin 

 deep and cavity acute ; flesh yellow, sub-acid, crisp, good. Tree 

 not so hardy as some varieties received from Northern Europe 

 which much resemble it in form and fruit. Fig. 452. Russian. 



Arabsko. Large, conic ; green covered with purplish red ; cavity 

 medium, stem medium, basin shallow ; flesh greenish white, sharp, 

 sub-acid. Winter. Fig, 459. Russian. Often rots on the trees. 



Aunt Hannah. Size medium, roundish, approaching ovate ; straw 

 color, with a very pleasant mild sub-acid, fine flavor, resembling 

 in character the Newtown Pippin. Origin, Essex County, Mass. 



Basil the Great. (Vasilis Largest.) Large, roundish, oblong, 

 unequally truncated, irregular; yellow, mostly covered with dark 

 red and crimson ; cavity deep, acute ; stem ' very short ; basin 

 wide, deep, abrupt ; flesh coarse grained, red next skin, juicy, 

 sub-acid, excellent for culinary use. Very showy apple and is a 

 profitable market one. The trees are said to endure drought with- 

 out lessening the size of the fruit. Russian. Fig. 379. 



FIG. 452. Antonovka. FIG. 453. Iowa Blush. 



FIG. 451. Bergamot. FIG. 454. Anisovka. 



Belle et Bonne. Large, roundish, flattened at ends, obtuse; green- 

 ish yellow ; stem short ; calyx in a wide, deep basin ; flesh yellow, 

 tender, large grained, sub-acid, agreeable, and very good. Early 

 winter. A Connecticut apple ; a strong growing and productive 

 variety, much esteemed in the neighborhood of Hartford. 



Belmont.* Rather large, roundish-conical or ovate-conical, apex 

 usually narrow, but sometimes quite obtuse; faintly ribbed, 

 smooth ; color clear pale yellow, with sometimes a light vermilion 

 blush, and rarely with large thinly scattered carmine dots; stalk 

 varying from half an inch long and stout, to an inch or more long 

 and slender ; basin in conical specimens, narrow and shallow ; in 

 obtuse specimens, narrow and deep, with an obtusely ribbed rim ; 

 flesh yellowish white, compact, crisp, becoming quite tender, with 

 a mild, rich, sub-acid, fine flavor. Leaves crenate. Early win- 

 ter. A profuse bearer. Excellent in New York, Michigan, and 

 Northern and Central Ohio worthless at Cincinnati. Tender at 

 the West. Fig. 466. 



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