THE APPLE. 



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Buff. 

 Granny Buff. 



Origin, Haywood Co., N. C. Tree vigorous, upright, productive. 



Fruit large to very large. Form roundish oblate, irregular. Sides un- 

 equal. Color whitish yellow, overspread with broad, broken splashes and 

 stripes of dark crimson. Stalk short, rather slender. Cavity large, deep, 

 much russeted. Calyx open or partially closed. Segments medium 

 length, separated and partially recurved. Basin deep, abrupt, slightly cor- 

 rugated. Flesh white, rather coarse, breaking, subacid. Core medium. 

 Good. December and January. 



Bull's Golden Beinette. 



An English variety. Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellowish, 

 highly colored with crimson red in the sun. Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, 

 sweet. December, January. (Hogg.) 



BULLETT. 



Bartlett. Priestly of some. 



An old variety, origin unknown. Fruit medium, oblong truncated, 

 bright red and yellow. Flesh light yellow, subacid. Good. Valuable 

 only as a long keeper. J anuary to June. 



BULLETT. 



G-reen Abram. North Carolina Greening". 



An old variety of Southern origin, formerly much grown in Yirginia, 

 Kentucky, and North Carolina, but now superseded by better sorts. Tree 

 hardy, a slow, rather slender grower, of a drooping habit, productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate, oblique, greenish, mostly overspread with 

 stripes and shades of red and grayish russet. Flesh white, firm, mode- 

 rately juicy, peculiar subacid. Good. Core small, compact. January to 

 June. Valuable only for its long keeping quality. 



Burrell's Red. 



An English Apple of robust growth and productive. Fruit above 

 medium, conical, red, approaching scarlet. Flesh juicy, agreeable acid. 

 November to January. (Bon.) 



Burr's Seedling. 



Origin, Marlborough, England. Fruit medium roundish, slightly 

 conical, yellow, blush red in the sun, patches and dots of russet. Flesh 

 yellowish, tender, j uicy, subacid. October to December. (Hogg.) 



Burr's Winter Sweet. 



Baised by Elisha Barr, Hingham, Mass., a good grower, comes early 

 into bearing, productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate inclining to conic, yellow, marbled and striped 

 with light and dark red. Stalk short, inserted in a large cavity. Calyx 

 closed. Basin small. Flesh yellowish, fine grained, tender, juicy, 



