fertile. Leaf, rather small, much twisted, oval, shallow 

 serrate. Origin, raised in the garden of J. H. Barchard, 

 Putney, and introduced to notice in 1852. It is now 

 little cultivated. 



Bardfield Defiance : see Waltham Abbey. 



BARNACK BEAUTY. Card. Chron., 1900, p. 251. 

 Culinary or dessert, December to March, medium, 

 2 1 by 2 1, oval, regular. Colour, golden-yellow, dark 

 red flush and faint stripes. Flesh, crisp, fair flavour, 

 briskly acid, yellowish. Eye, large open in a shallow 

 even basin. Stem, moderate in a very narrow russet y 

 cavity. Growth, vigorous ; fertile. Leaf, rather small, 

 pale, slightly upfolded, very finely curved serrate. 

 Origin, raised by a cottager at Barnack, Northants. 

 Introduced by Messrs. Brown, of Stamford, about 1870. 

 A useful and handy sort which does well on chalky 

 sub-soils. Quite one of the most interesting fruits in 

 February, as it keeps its acid flavour later than many. 



Baroveski : see Duchess of Oldenburg. 

 Baron Wolseley : see Dewdney's Seedling. 



BAUMANN'S REINETTE. Fl. and Pom., 1879, 

 p. 121. F., Reinette Baumann. G., Baumann's Rein- 

 ette (Couronne des Dames, Reinette de Bolwyller). 

 Culinary or dessert, December to January, medium, 

 2j by 2j, round flattened, curving most to eye. 

 Colour, almost covered with brilliant crimson flush 

 with broad stripes. Flesh, white, crisp, juicy, slightly 

 aromatic. Eye, small, closed, in a rather deep slightly 

 plaited basin. Stem, rather thin, short, in a very 

 wide russet ed cavity. Growth, compact ; fertility 

 remarkable. Leaf, rather large, very dark, held out, 

 down cupped, finely curved serrate. Origin, raised 

 probably by Van Mons, and generally cultivated in 

 Germany in 1820. A remarkable cropper but of poor 

 quality. 



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