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surrounded with a patch of rough russet. Flesh, yellowish, tender, 

 juicy, and sub-acid. 



An excellent culinary apple of the first quality ; in use from October 

 to Christmas. 



This variety was raised by Mr. Henry Bum, gardener to the Marquis of Ayles- 

 bury, at Savernake Forest, near Marlborough. 



Bur-Knot. See Oslin. 



BUER-KNOT {Bide's Walking-stick). — Fruit, large, round, and even 

 in its outline. Skin, shining, of a clear lemon yellow colour, and with 

 a blush of red on the side next the sun. Eye, closed. Stalk, half an 

 inch long. Flesh, white, tender, juicy, and of an agreeable acid 

 flavour. 



A good kitchen apple ; in use during October and November. 



The tree is a close and compact grower, and a profusion of burrs are produced 

 on the branches which emit incipient roots. If a branch fmnished with these burrs 

 is inserted in the ground it will take root and become a tree. The name of " Bide's 

 Walking-stick " originated from a person of that name having cut a branch for 

 a walking-stick in Cheshire and brought it to his place near Hertford, and inserting 

 it in the ground, it took root and became a tree. 



Butters. See Baldwin. 



BYSON WOOD RUSSET.— Fruit, below medium size; oblato- 

 ovate, regularly and handsomely shaped. Skin, green, entirely covered 

 with ashy grey russet, and strewed with greyish white freckles. Eye, 

 small, and slightly closed, set in a round and even basin. Stalk, an 

 inch long, slender, inserted in a rather shallow and angular cavity. 

 Flesh, greenish, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a brisk, sugary, and 

 aromatic flavour. 



A dessert apple of the first quality ; in use from December to 

 February. 



Caldwell. See Rymer. 



CalviUe Blanche. See Calville Blanche d'Hiver. 



CALVILLE BLANCHE D'ETE (White Summer Calville; CalviUe 

 Blanche). — Fruit, medium sized, about three inches broad, and two 

 inches high ; roundish and flattened at the ends, with prominent ribs 

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

 — the true character of the Calvilles. Skin, tender and dehcate ; when 

 ripe, of a very pale straw colour, and without the least tinge of red on 

 the side exposed to the sun, but sometimes marked with a few traces 

 of dehcate russet, but no dots. Eye, large, and closed with long, 

 broad, acuminate segments, and set in a pretty deep and very angular 

 basin. Staik, three quarters of an inch long, stout, inserted in a wide 

 and rather shallow cavity, which is hned with thin russet. Flesh, 

 white, tender, and delicate, with a sweet and pleasant flavour. 



A very good early culinary apple, but not of the finest quality, being 

 too soft and tender ; it is ripe during August, and lasts till the middle 

 of September. 



