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THE APPLE. 



"Fruit above medium, roundish, conical, regular, yellow, washed and 

 striped with clear red. Flesh white, tender, juicy, vinous, subacid. The 

 stem almost always has a fleshy protuberance on one side. November 

 to March. (Hogg.) 



BEST BACHE. 

 Bache's Kernel. 



Origin, Herefordshire, England, where it is grown mostly for cider- 

 making. Fruit medium, oblong, yellow, shaded and streaked with pale 

 red. (Hogg.) 



BETSEY. 



An English variety, there regarded as a valuable dessert Apple. Fruit 

 small, roundish oblate, conical; pale yellow with brownish russet in 

 sun. Flesh greenish yellow, tender, juicy, rich, and sugary. November 

 to January. (Hogg.) 



BETSY'S FANCY. 



Origin unknown. A free grower, rather spreading, good bearer. 



Fruit scarcely medium, oblate, yellowish, shaded with dull red. 

 Stem short, inserted in a moderate cavity. Calyx closed. Basin shallow 

 and uneven. Flesh compact, tender, pleasant, mild, subacid flavor. 

 Good to very good. December to March. 



Bethlemite. 



BETHLEMITE. 



The origin of this fine apple is unknown. It was first brought to 

 notice from the town of Bethlehem, in Ohio, and is undoubtedly a seed- 

 ling of the Newtown Spitzenberg, which it much resembles. Tree an 



