THE APPLE. 



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BRITTLE SWEET. 



Origin unknown. Tree moderately vigorous, very productive. Tins 

 valuable apple is little known ; in beauty and quality it may be classed 

 as among the best, and deserves more attention. 



Fruit above medium, roundish, approaching conical. Color pale yel- 

 low, shaded, splashed and marbled over nearly the entire surface, with 

 shades of light and dark crimson red, many small gray and white dots. 

 Stalk rather short, slender. Cavity regular, broad, moderately deep. 

 Calyx closed. Segments small, often recurved. Basin small corrugated. 

 Flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy with a peculiar honeyed sweet, and 

 slightly aromatic. Core rather large. Yery good. October and No- 

 vember. 



BROAD-END. 



Winter Broading. Kentish Broading. Broading. 



An old English culinary apple, in use from November to Christmas. 

 Tree strong, vigorous, productive. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, yellowish green, red in sun, with patches 

 of russet. Flesh yellowish white, firm, crisp, subacid. (Hogg.) 



BROAD-EYE PIPPIN. 



Another old English sort for culinary use. 



Fruit large, oblate, greenish yellow, tinged with red in the sun. 

 Flesh yellowish white, firm, crisp, brisk, juicy. January. (Hogg.) 



Broadwell. 



BROAD WELL. 



Broadwell Sweet. 



Originated with Jacob Broadwell, near Cincinnati, O. An ex- 

 tremely valuable sweet apple, either for the table or cooking. Tree 

 vigorous, quite hardy, very spreading, irregular, productive. Young 

 shoots dull reddish brown, downy. 



