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Section 11. — Not Striped. 



Antonovka. Roundish oblate ; yellow with white bloom ; basin 

 deep and cavity acute ; flesh yellow, sub-acid, crisp, good. Tree 

 not so hardy as some varieties received from Northern Europe 

 which much resemble it in form and fruit. Fig. 452. Russian. 



Arabsko. Large, conic ; green covered with purplish red ; cavity 

 medium, stem medium, basin shallow ; flesh greenish white, sharp, 

 sub-acid. Winter. Fig, 459. Russian. Often rots on the trees. 



Aunt Hannah. Size medium, roundish, approaching ovate ; straw 

 color, with a very pleasant mild sub-acid, fine flavor, resembling 

 in character the Newtown Pippin. Origin, Essex County, Mass. 



Basil the Great. (Vasilis Largest.) Large, roundish, oblong, 

 unequally truncated, irregular; yellow, mostly covered with dark 

 red and crimson ; cavity deep, acute ; stem very short ; basin 

 wide, deep, abrupt ; flesh coarse grained, red next skin, juicy, 

 sub-acid, excellent for culinary use. Very showy apple and is a 

 profitable market one. The trees are said to endure drought with- 

 out lessening the size of the fruit. Russian. Fig. 379. 



Fig. 452. — Antonovka. Fig. 453.— Iowa Blush. 



Fig. 4SI.— Bergamot. Fig. 454.— Anisovka. 



Belle et Bonne. Large, roundish, flattened at ends, obtuse; green- 

 ish yellow ; stem short ; calyx in a wide, deep basin ; flesh yellow, 

 tender, large grained, sub-acid, agreeable, and very good. Early 

 winter. A Connecticut apple ; a strong growing and productive 

 variety, much esteemed in the neighborhood of Hartford. 



Belmont.* Rather large, roundish-conical or ovate-conical, apex 

 usually narrow, but sometimes quite obtuse; faintly ribbed, 

 smooth ; color clear pale yellow, with sometimes a light vermilion 

 blush, and rarely with large thinly scattered carmine dots; stalk 

 varying from half an inch long and stout, to an inch or more long 

 and slender; basin in conical specimens, narrow and shallow ; in 

 obtuse specimens, narrow and deep, with an obtusely ribbed rim ; 

 flesh yellowish white, compact, crisp, becoming quite tender, with 

 a mild, rich, sub-acid, fine flavor. Leaves crenate. Early win- 

 ter. A profuse bearer. Excellent in New York, Michigan, and 

 Northern and Central Ohio— worthless at Cincinnati. Tender at 

 the West. Fig. 466. 

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