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richly aromatic. The king of English dessert apples. 

 October to May. 



Book's Nest. See Aromatic Russet. 



BOSEMAEY BUSSET., D. Medium sized, ovate. Skin 

 yello\v, tinged with green, tinged with red on the side 

 next the sun, and covered with thin pale brown russet. 

 Eye small and generally closed. Stalk very long. Flesh 

 yellow, crisp, tender, very juicy, sugary, and highly 

 aromatic. A. first-rate dessert apple. In. use from De- 

 cember to February. 



Boss NONPAREIL, D. Medium sized, roundish, narrow- 

 ing towards the eye. Skin covered with thin russet, with 

 faint red next the sun. Stalk long, slender, and deeply 

 inserted. Eye set ia a shallow basin. Flesh greenish 

 white, tender, and richly aromatic. November to April. 



ROUND WINTER NONESUCH, K. Large, roundish, and 

 depressed. Skin lively green, almost entirely covered 

 with broken streaks and patches of fine deep red, and 

 thickly strewed with russety dots; in some specimens ihe 

 colour extends almost entirely round the fruit in long, 

 broad patches. Eye large, closed, and prominetly set on 

 the surface. Stalk short, deeply inserted in a funnel- 

 shaped cavity. Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, and 

 slightly acid. A first-rate kitchen apple. In use from 

 November to February. 



BOYAL PEASMAIN, K.D. (Herefordshire Pcarmain). 

 Bather large, oblong, and slightly angular. Skin yel- 

 lowish green in the shade, and marked with russety specks ; 

 tinged with dull red next the sun, and sometimes with a 

 few stripes of red. Eye small and open, set in a small, 

 shallow basin. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, firm, crisp, juicy, and particularly rich and 

 aromatic. In season from November to March. 



BOYAL BUSSET, K. (Leather coat}. Large, conical. Skin 

 yellowish green, covered with grey russet. Stalk short. 

 Eye small. Flesh greenish white, slightly aromatic. 

 November to May. 



Boyal Somerset. See London Pippin. 



lloxbury Busset. See Boston Russet. 



Baissetcoat Nonpareil. See Pitmaston Nonpareil, 



Busset Golden Pippin. See Golden Pippin. 



BUSSET TABLE PEAEMAIN, D. Below the medium size, 



