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BEAUTY OF WALTHAM.— Fruit, medium sized, of a slight peannain 

 shape, flattened at both ends ; large, being somewhat angular. Skin, 

 greenish yellow, streaked and flushed with crimson on the side next the 

 sun. Eye, lai-ge, open, deeply set. Stalk, very long and slender, 

 deeply set in a very regularly formed cavity. Flesh, soft, yellowish, 

 sweet, and pleasant, but somewhat wanting in juiciness. A very pretty 

 apple for dessert use in September and October. 



This was raised by Mr. William Paul, of Walthatn Cross, and exhibited by him 

 at the Royal Horticultural Society in 1868. 



BEDFOKDSHIRE FOUNDLING {Cambridge Pippin).— Fmit, 

 large, three inches and a quarter wide, and three inches and a half high ; 

 roundish ovate, inclining to oblong, with irregular and prominent angles on 

 the sides, which extend to the apex, and form ridges round the eye. Skin, 

 dark green at first, and changing as it attains maturity to pale greenish 

 yellow on the shaded side, but tinged with orange on the side next 

 the sun, and strewed with a few fawn-coloured dots. Eye, open, set 

 in a deep, narrow, and angular basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a deep 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, pleasantly sub-acid, and with a some- 

 what sugary flavour. 



An excellent culinary apple of first-rate quality ; in use from Novem- 

 ber to March. 



BELLE BONNE (Winter Belle Bonne; nalland).— Fruit, above 

 medium size, three inches wide, and three and a quarter high ; ovate 

 conical. Skin, thick, pale greenish yellow, and marked vrith a few 

 reddish streaks on the side next the sun. Eye, small and closed. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, obliquely inserted under a fleshy lip. Flesh, 

 firm, juicy, and well flavoured. 



A valuable culinary apple; in use from October to January. The tree 

 is very hardy, a strong, vigorous, and healthy grower, and a good bearer. 



This is a very old English variety. It was known to Parkinson so early as 1629, 

 and also to Worlidge and Ray. But it is not noticed by any subsequent author, 

 or enumerated in any of the nursery catalogues of the last century, until discovered 

 by George Lindley growing in a garden at Gatton, near Norwich, and published 

 by him in the Transactions of the London Horticultural Society, vol iv., p. 58. 

 He seems to be uncertain whether it is the Summer or Winter Belle Bonne of these 

 early authors, but Worlidge's description leaves no doubt as to its identity. He 

 says, " The Summer Belle et Bonne is a good bearer, but the fruit is not long 

 lasting. The Winter Belle and Bon is much to be preferred to the Summer in 

 every respect." I have no doubt, therefore, that the latter is the Belle Bonne of 

 Lindley. Parkinson says " they are both fair fruit to look on, being yellow, and 

 of a meane (medium) bignesse." 



BELLEDGE PIPPIN. — Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a 

 half wide, and two inches high ; roundish, narrowing a httle towards 

 the apex, regularly and handsomely formed. Skin, pale green, changing 

 to yellow as it ripens, with a tinge of brown where exposed to the sun, 

 and strewed with grey russety dots. Eye, small, partially closed with 

 short segments, and placed in a round, narrow, and rather shallow 



