BEAUTY OF BEDFORD. Dessert, September, 

 fairly large, 2j by 2|, round conical, flattened at eye. 

 Colour, pale yellow with brown-red flush and stripes. 

 Flesh, yellow, firm, juicy and sweet. Eye, closed, very 

 broad segments, in a shallow, ribbed basin. Stem, 

 unusually short, one-eighth inch set in a level or even 

 on a raised bump, a very unusual feature. Growth, 

 rather upright. Leaf, round, rather large, dark, up- 

 folded, undulated, deeply curved serrate. Origin, 

 raised by Messrs. Laxton, Lady Sudeley + Beauty 

 of Bath. 



BEAUTY OF HANTS. Ft. and Pom., 1882, p. 89. 

 F., Seedling Offine. Dessert, December to March, 

 very large, 3 by 2|, roundish square, rather irregular. 

 Colour, dull yellow-green, brick red flush, russet patches. 

 Flesh, very crisp, yellowish, highly aromatic. Eye, 

 open in a broad even basin, which is rather deep. Stem, 

 short and stout in a rather shallow cavity which is 

 slightly russet. Growth, very strong, Leaf, up- 

 cupped, round oval, dark green, boldly curved serrate. 

 Origin, raised at Basset, Southampton, in Mrs. Eyre 

 Crabbes garden, and introduced to notice about 1880. 

 A fine form of Blenheim Orange. Barron places this 

 as a synonym of Blenheim, which is quite wrong as 

 is it perfectly distinct since the core of a Blenheim is 

 axile and the seeds are long and pointed, while the core 

 of Beauty of Hants is abaxile and the seeds are short 

 and plump. 



BEAUTY OF KENT. Ronalds, p. 15. F., Beaute" 

 de Kent ; G., Schoner aus Kent. (Worling's Favourite, 

 Countess of Warwick.) Culinary, 3^ by 3, fairly large, 

 till March, round conical, flattened at base, irregular. 

 Colour, yellow green, bright red flush, broad dark stripes. 

 Flesh, tender, yellowish, slightly acid. Eye, closed 

 in a very wrinkled and knobbed basin. Stem, stout 

 and long in a wide, shallow, russeted cavity. Growth, 

 strong ; fertile. Leaf, rather large, dark, down held, 

 flat, very deeply curved serrate. Origin, unknown, 

 recorded first about 1800. A very valuable cooking 

 apple for late use. 



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