Flesh, close, pale yellow, acid. Growth, moderate, 

 fertility moderate, makes a flat headed tree. Leaf, 

 rather small, pale, upfolded, very undulated, boldly 

 curved serrate. Origin, undiscovered. A worthless 

 fniit. 



Backhouse's Lord Nelson : see Nelson Codlin. 

 Baddow Pippin : see D'Arcy Spice. 

 Balgone Pippin : see Golden Pippin. 



BALLINORA. Culinary or dessert, December to 

 January, medium, 3 by 2j, nearly even. Colour, 

 golden-yellow, with bright red flush and very faint 

 stripings. Flesh, firm, pale yellow, fair flavour, of 

 Blenheim character. Eye, open in a shallow much 

 ribbed basin. Stem, very short in a wide shallow cavity. 

 Growth, vigorous, spreading. Leaf, large, flat, down 

 hanging, roundish, boldly serrate. Origin, unrecorded. 

 This apple may be called a Red Blenheim Orange, 

 but it is not quite so good in flavour or so fertile. 



Baltimore : see Gloria Mundi. 



BARCELONA PEARMAIN. Ronalds, p. 21. G., 

 Kleiner Casseler Reinette. (Speckled Golden Reinette, 

 Speckled Pearmain.) Dessert, November to January, 

 smallish, 2j by 2j, roundish-oblong, regular, Colour, 

 pale yellow, flushed with red. Flesh, crisp, pale yellow, 

 aromatic. Growth, moderate ; fertile. Leaf, medium, 

 flat, oval, with a long point, broadly serrate. Origin, 

 continental ; country uncertain. It is now almost 

 out of cultivation. 



BARCHARDS SEEDLING. Her Pom., p. 67. 

 Culinary or dessert, October to November, 2f by 2\, 

 medium, irregular. Colour, pale yellow, with dull 

 brown-red flush. Flesh, firm, yellowish, sub-acid. 

 Eye, open in a shallow broad basin. Stem, rather 

 long in a medium sized cavity. Growth, moderate ; 



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