THE APPLE. 209 



BoRSDORFFER. Tliomp. Knoop. 



Borsdorff. Lind. 



King George the Third. Ron. 



Queen's, 



Eeinnette Batarde, of various 



Edler Winter Borsdorffer, gardens, 



Eeinnette de Misnie, )■ ac. to 



Ganet Pippin, Thomp. 



King, 



Le Grand Bohemian Borsdorffer, ^ 



A small, celebrated German apple. Fruit roundish-oval, nar- 

 rowing at the eye. Skin pale yellow, with a full red cheek, 

 sprinkled with a little russet. Flesh yellowish-white, very firm 

 and crisp, with a rich, brisk, perfumed flavour. November to 

 February. 



BOROVITSKY. 



A Russian apple of medium size, roundish, angular. Skin pale 

 green, faintly striped. Flesh white, firm, sub-acid. August. 



BOXFORD. 



Fruit medium, oblate. Skin whitish, striped with red. Flesh 

 compact, not very juicy nor high flavour. September, October. 



Brewer. 



From Mass., a good grower, an annual bearer. Fruit very large, 

 roundish, yellow, with a slight blush. Flesh yellowish, tender, 

 pleasant, mild, sub-acid. October, November. 



BuRNHAP Greening. 



Origin, Yergennes, Vt. Good grower and regular bearer. 

 Medium, nearly globular, inclining to conic ; skin greenish yel- 

 low. Flesh solid, juicy, crisp, with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. 

 January and February. 



Cake Apple. 



From Connecticut. Medium, oblate, much depressed. Skin 

 yellowish, with a blush. Flesh juicy, tender, pleasant. January 

 to March. 



Calville, White Winter. Lind. 



Calville Blanche d'Hiver. Thomp. 0. Duh. Noisette. 

 "White Calville. Coxe. 



The White Winter Calville is a celebrated old French sauce 

 and cooking apple ; but like most others of its class, is not 

 worthy of cultivation here. 



