178 WINTER APPLES. 



Early winter. A profuse bearer. Excellent in New 

 York, Michigan, and northern and central Ohio- — worth- 

 less at Cincinnati. Fig. 123. 



The identity of this fruit with the "Waxen of Coxe, not 

 having been established, the old name Belmont, (of Ken- 

 rick) extensively used in most places where it is culti- 

 vated, is here adopted. 



Borsdorff. (Syn. Borsdorffer.) Small, roundish oval, apex 

 slightly conical ; pale yellow, with a full red cheek ; stalk 

 short, slender ; basin very shallow, small, even ; flesh 

 yellowish white, firm, crisp, with a rich, brisk flavor. 

 Early winter. German. 



Bourassa. Rather large, ovate-conical, ribbed, somewhat 

 irregular, a rich orange russet on a rich golden surface, 

 dark reddish brown to the sun ; stalk an inch and a fourth 

 long, cavity small, irregular ; basin small and narrow ; 

 flesh fine-grained, sub-acid, rich, fine. Succeeds well far 

 north. 



Bullock's Pippin, or Ameeican Golden Russet. (Syn. 

 Golden Russet, Sheepnose.) Rather small, conical, light 

 yellow, sprinkled and sometimes overspread with thin 

 russet ; stalk long, slender ; basin very small and nar- 

 row ; ribbed ; flesh yellowish white, very fine grained, 

 becoming very tender, with a mild, rich, slightly sub-acid 

 flavor. Growth erect, shoots rather slender ; leaves 

 sharply serrate ; tree overbears. Early winter. When 

 well ripened, this apple is exceedingly delicate and ten- 

 der ; sometimes it does not become soft in ripening, when 

 the quality is poor, and often worthless. It is too small 

 to become very popular. Mostly poor in N. Y. Fig. 141. i 



Canada Reinette. (Syn. Reinette du Canada, Canadian 

 Reinette.) Quite large, somewhat conical and flattened; 

 rather irregular, ribbed, apex obtuse ; greenish yellow, 

 sometimes a brown cheek ; stalk short, cavity wide ; calyx 

 large, basin rather deep, irregular; flesh nearly white, 

 rather firm, becoming quite tender, juicy, with a good, 

 lively sub-acid flavor. Early and mid-winter. 



The White Pippin of southern Ohio, closely resembles the 

 Canada Reinette in form, and may prove identical. 



