irregular. Colour greenish-yellow, red flush with broad 

 broken stripes. Flesh firm, juicy, pale yellow, acid. 

 Eye, closed in a broad, deep, slightly wrinkled basin. 

 Stem, short, in a wide deep, slightly russet cavity. 

 Growth, extremely vigorous ; very regularly fertile 

 when the tree is developed. Leaf, very large, dark, 

 round, slightly upfolded, coarsely curved serrate. 

 Origin, raised by Mr. Bramley, a shoemaker, of South- 

 well, Notts. Introduced by Messrs. Merryweather, 

 in 1876. This is the most popular and profitable of 

 cooking apples ; ironclad in constitution, growing 

 wherever apples will grow. It makes a very large 

 spreading tree and should be planted at least thirty 

 feet apart in orchards. 



Brandy Apple : see Golden Harvey. 



BROWNLEES RUSSET. Her. Pom.. 54. F., 

 Reinette grise Brownlees; G., Brownlees Graue Rein- 

 ette. Dessert, January to April, medium, 2j by 2, 

 flat, conical, irregular. Colour, entirely covered with 

 brownish-green russet, with faint brownish-red flush. 

 Flesh, tender, greenish, sub-acid, of Nonpareil flavour. 

 Eye, closed in a shallow uneven basin. Stem, short 

 cavity. Growth, compact, rather upright ; fertile. 

 Leaf, very narrow, dark, upfolded, down hanging, 

 coarsely crenate. Origin, introduced by Mr. Brownlees, 

 a nurseryman, in 1848. A valuable fruit for winter 

 use. 



Brown's Queen Caroline : see Queen Caroline. 



BUFF COAT. Culinary, December to March, large, 

 3i by 2 i> fl at > conical, irregular. Colour, dull yellow- 

 green, with large patches of thick russet. Flesh, firm, 

 juicy, yellowish, sweet. Growth, sturdy ; moderately 

 fertile. Origin, unrecorded. An old variety. 

 Resembles Alfriston, but is flatter. 



Burlington : see Newtown Spitzenburg. 

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