208 THE APPLE. 



Belden or Red Cheek. 



Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, moderately productive. 

 Fruit large, roundish, conic. Skin yellow, with patches of rus- 

 set, sometimes a little bronzed cheek. Flesh yellow, crisp, sub- 

 acid, pleasant. October, February. 



Birmingham. 



Of moderate growth, productive. Fruit medium, obliquely 

 oblate. Skin yellow, sprinkled with a few whitish dots. Stem 

 long, slender, in a broad deep cavity. Calyx closed, in a large, 

 corrugated basin. Flesh yellowish, tender, rather acid, good 

 for cooking. September. 



Black Apple. Coxe. 



Black American. Thomp. 



A native fruit, of a very dark red colour, and of a mild, rather 

 agreeable flavour. 



Fruit rather below medium size, round or very slight\y flat- 

 tened. Skin dark red, almost black, with a mealy whitish 

 bloom on the surface. Flesh yellowish red, tender, and of 

 medium quality. The tree when iully grown has a rather 

 drooping head. Ripe from November to February. 



Black Oxford. 



From Oxford, Maine, valued as a late keeper and good 

 bearer. Fruit below medium, roundish, oblate, slightly conic. 

 Skin yellow, almost covered with red, and very dark red on the 

 exposed side. Flesh whitish, compact, not very juicy but plea- 

 sant, mild, sub-acid. January to May. 



Black Gilliflower. 



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

 Flesh white, dry, mild, sub-acid. November to February. Very 

 productive, and some call it a profitable market fruit. 



Blenheim Pippin. Thomp. Lind. 



Blenheim Orange. 

 "Woodstock Pippin. 



Fruit medium, roundish. Skin yellowish, becoming deep 

 orange, stained on the sunny side with dull and dark red stripes. 

 Flesh yellow, breaking, very sweet, and of tolerable flavout. 

 October to December. 



