crimson flush and stripes. Flesh, firm, pale yellow, 

 sweet, aromatic. Eye, closed in a wide shallow slightly 

 wrinkled basin. Stem, very short in a wide and djeep 

 slightly russeted cavity. Growth, dwarf ; fertility 

 remarkable. Leaf, long oval, dark green, flat, a little 

 down curved, neatly serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. 

 Benjamin Roberts, of Trannack, Penzance, about 

 1830. A very useful fruit, valuable for its great cropping 

 qualities. 



^ BESS POOL. Ronalds, p. 23. (Black Blenheim, 

 Stadway Pippin, Walsgrove Blenheim.) Dessert or 

 culinary, November to March, medium, 2j by 2 J, round, 

 conical, irregular. Colour, greenish-yellow, nearly 

 covered with crimson flush, darker stripes and russet. 

 Flesh, tender, white sweet. Eye, nearly closed in a 

 shallow much ribbed basin, generally showing five 

 beads of flesh at the base. Stem, short in a shallow 

 cavity, always with a knob at the side. Growth, 

 vigorous, upward spreading, making a round headed 

 standard ; fertile when aged, Leaf, large, long, rather 

 pale, upfolded, shallow serrate. Origin, a seedling 

 found in a wood near Nottingham, and named after 

 the young girl who discovered it. A good old sort, 

 keeping firm and crisp to the last. 



BETTY GEESON. Culinary, till March, medium, 

 2| by 2, flat, fairly regular. Colour, pea green to deep 

 yellow, greasy. Flesh, firm, greenish-white, sub-acid, 

 juicy. Eye, large, open in an unusually wide and deep 

 basin. Stem, rather slender and short in a very wide 

 and deep cavity. Growth, vigorous, slightly spreading, 

 compact ; fertile. Leaf, very broad, very coarsely 

 serrate, dark, held flat but slightly undulating. Origin, 

 said by Hogg to be a Worcestershire variety. Intro- 

 duced to notice about 1854. A useful late variety 

 now superseded by Bramley's Seedling and Newton 

 Wonder. 



Bide's Walking Stick : see Burr Knot. 



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