90 THE APPLE. 



thirty or more years since, and yet but little known. The tree is a 

 strong, vigorous grower, forming a large spreading head, moderately 

 productive. Young wood dull reddish brown. 



Fruit large, roundish, oblate, conical, greenish yellow, nearly covered 

 with pale dull red, striped with a darker shade, and dotted with large 

 yellow specks. Stalk short. Calyx large, half open. Flesh greenish- 

 white, not firm, tender, mild, subacid. Good. November to February. 



BEDFORDSHIRE FOUNDLING. 

 Cambridge Pippin. 



A large green English Apple, excellent for kitchen use. Fruit large, 

 roundish, obscurely ribbed, deep green, paler at maturity. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, tender, juicy, with a pleasant, acid flavor. Good. October to 

 February. 



BEEFSTEAK. 

 Garden Apple of some, incorrectly. 



Origin, farm of Joel Davis, Amesbury, Mass. Habits similar to 

 Baldwin, very productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate, inclining to conical. Sides sometimes une- 

 qual. Skin whitish-yellow, shaded and splashed with light and dark 

 red over two-thirds its surface, large areole dots. Stalk medium and 

 slender, often with bracts. Cavity rather large, slightly russeted. Calyx 

 closed. Segments slightly recurved. Basin medium, nearly smooth. 

 Flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy, mild, subacid. Core medium. Very 

 good. October, November. 



BEELER'S RUSSET. 



Origin unknown. Fruit medium to small, round, truncated, rus- 

 seted. Flesh yellow, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic. Novem- 

 ber, December. (Warder.) 





 BELDEN OR BED CHEEK 



Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, upright, moderately productive. 

 Fruit large, roundish, conic, greenish-yellow, with patches of russet, 

 sometimes a little bronzed cheek. Flesh yellow, crisp, subacid, pleas- 

 ant. Good. October, February. 



BELDEN SWEET. 



Grown in Connecticut, very prolific. Fruit medium, or below, 

 roundish conic, light yellow, with a warm cheek. Stalk medium, in an 

 acute, deep cavity. Calyx closed, in a small basin. Flesh white, ten- 

 der, juicy, saccharine, with a pleasant, aromatic flavor. Core large. 

 Good. December to March. 



BELLE BONDE. 

 Billy Bond. Belly Bounder. 



This variety is somewhat grown in Central New York, and claimed 

 as having originated in France, in 1790, and brought there by one John 



