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422. BEAT'S PIPPIN. 



A dessert apple of large size, round, striped with red ; in use from 

 November to January. — H. S. C. n. 33. 



423. BEAUFINETTE. 



A small sized culinary apple, of oblate shape, and red color ; in use 

 from November to February.— if. S. C. n. 36. 



424. BELLE ANGLAISE. 

 Stnontme. — ^Beauty of England. 

 A large apple, of first-rate quality either as a culinary or dessert 

 apple ; it is in use from November till December. The tree bears well 

 as a standard. — Laws. Cat. 



425. BELLE HERVY. 



A large culinary apple of roundish shape, green color, and second- 

 rate quality ; in use from November to March. — FT. S. C. n. 47. 



426. BENLOMOND. 



A large, oblong, culinary fruit ; of a greenish-yellow color ; in use 

 from October to December. The fruit is of good quality ; tree bears 

 steadily, has long slender twigs, is of middle size, leaves large, of un- 

 common figure. A variety cultivated in the Carse of Gowrie orchards. 

 M. a H. S. vol. iv. p. 470. 



427. BENWELL'S LARGE. 



A large, roundish, green variety, of inferior quality ; in ^use in 

 December. — H. i>. C. p. 6. 



428. BENZLER. 



A medium sized cider apple, of ovate shape, striped with red, and in 

 season from December to May. — H- S. C. n. 54. 



429. BETLEY CODLIN. 



A medium sized kitchen apple, of conical shape ; skin, yellow, with 

 brownish-red towards the sun ; in use from October till January. — 

 H. S. C. p. 153. 



430. BISCHOFFS REINETTE. 



A middle sized, very valuable dessert apple, it is conical or pearmain- 

 shaped ; the skin is of a fine lemon color, without any red next the sun, 

 but with markings of russet. Flesh, whitish-yellow, very fine, juicy, 

 sugary, vinous, and aromatic. Ripe in November, and continues in 

 use all the winter. — Diet Kernobst. i. B. 82. 



