14 THE FBUIT MANUAL. 



Bay. See Drap d'Or. 



Bayfordbury Pippin. See Golden Pippin. 



BEACHAMWELL. — Fruit, small, about two inches wide, and the same 

 in height; ovate, handsomely and regularly formed. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, covered with patches and dots of russet, particularly round the 

 eye. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow, narrow, and even basin. 

 Stalk, about half an inch long, almost imbedded in a round cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, tender, crisp, and very juicy, with a rich, brisk, 

 and sugary flavour. 



A rich and deliciously flavoured dessert apple, of the highest excel- 

 lence ; in use from December to March. 



The tree is perfectly hardy, a healthy and vigorous grower, but does 

 not attain a large size ; it is an excellent hearer. 



This variety was raised by John Motteux, Esq., of Beachamwell, in 

 Norfolk, where, according to Mr. George Lindley, the original tree 

 still existed in 1831. It is not very generally cultivated, but ought to 

 form one even in the smallest collections. 



BEAUTY OP KENT.— Fruit, large ; roundish ovate, broad and flat- 

 tened at the base, and narrowing towards the apex, where it is ter- 

 minated by several prominent angles. Skin, deep yellow slightly 

 tinged with green, and marked with faint patches of red on the shaded 

 side, but entirely covered with deep red, except where there are a few 

 patches of deep yellow, on the side next the sun. Eye, small and 

 closed, with short segments, and set in a narrow and angular basin. 

 Stalk, short, inserted in a wide and deep cavity, which, with the base, 

 is entirely covered with rough brown russet. Flesh, yellowish, tender, 

 and juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. 



A valuable and now well-known culinary apple ; in use from October 

 to February. When well-grown, the Beauty of Kent-is perhaps the 

 most magnificent apple in cultivation. Its great size, the beauty of its 

 colouring, the tenderness of the flesh, and a profusion of sub-acid juice, 

 constitute it one of our most popular winter apples for culinary pur- 

 poses, and one of the most desirable and useful, either for a small 

 garden or for more extended cultivation. 



The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, attains a large size, and 

 is a good bearer ; but I have always found it subject to canker 

 when grown on the paradise stock, and in soils which are moist and. 

 heavy. 



I have not been able to ascertain the time when, or the place where this variety 

 originated. It is first noticed by Forsyth in his Treatise on Fruit Trees, but is not 

 mentioned in any of the nurserymen's catalogues, either of the last, or the early 

 part of the present, century. It was introduced to the Brompton Park Nursery 

 about the year 1820, and is now as extensively cultivated as most other leading 

 varieties. In America, Downing says, " the fruit in this climate is one of the 

 most magnificent of all apples, frequently measuring sixteen or eighteen inches in 

 circumference." I suspect this is the Rambour Franc of the French pomo- 

 legists. 



