THE APPLE. 99 



BLACK ANNETTE. 



An old variety, considerably grown in some parts of the Eastern States. 

 Tree a good bearer. Fruit medium, small, rouD dish, dark red. Flesh white, 

 tender, negative in character, pleasant. Good. November, December. 



BLACK APPLE. 

 Small Black. Jersey Black. Black American. 



An old variety, described and put out by Coxe, and now found in many 

 sections. The trees are healthy, moderate growers, forming medium-sized, 

 spreading round heads, with drooping limbs. It is a pleasant table fruit, 

 although not of high or rich flavor. 



Fruit medium. Form roundish oblate, deep red, with a bloom. Flesh 

 white, sometimes slightly stained with pinkish red. Good. November 

 to February. 



BLACK GILLIFLOWEE. 



Medium size, oblong conical. Skin very dark, dull red. Flesh white, 

 dry, mild, subacid. Good. November to February. Very productive, 

 and some call it a profitable market fruit. 



BLAND'S JUBILEE. 



Originated in Norwich, England. Fruit large, round, slightly conical, 

 obscurely ribbed, clear yellow, with many large russet dots or patches, 

 and russet at the calyx. Flesh yellowish, tender, crisp, jnicy, sugary, 

 perfumed. October to January. (Hogg.) 



BLAKE. 



Originated in Westbrook, Cumberland Co., Maine. Fruit medium 

 to large, roundish, greenish yellow, quite yellow at maturity. Flesh 

 firm, fine, crisp, juicy, subacid. Good. October to January. (Me. Rep.) 



BLAKELY. 



Origin, Pawlet, Vermont, on the farm of Mr. Blakely. Vigorous, up 

 right growth, regular bearer. 



Fruit large, regularly oblate, slightly conic, yellow, with a sunny cheek 

 thinly sprinkled with reddish dots. Stalk small and short, inserted in f 

 broad cavity of moderate depth. Calyx nearly closed. Basin small and 

 shallow. Flesh tender, juicy, with a very pleasant, mild, subacid flavor. 

 Good. January, March. 



BLECKENSDERFER. 



Originated at Zoar, Ohio. Fruit medium, oblate, inclining to conic, 

 yellow, shaded and splashed with two shades of red or crimson. Flesh 

 white, rather firm, tender, juicy, subacid. Hardly good. November 

 to February. 



BLEDSOE PIPPIN. 



Raised by John Bledsoe, of Carroll Co., Kentucky. Growth moderate, 

 rather spreading, productive, a promising winter Apple for the South. 



