THE APPLE. 103 



BORSDORFFER. 



Bursdorff. King George the Third. 



Queen's. Reinette Bdtarde. 



Edler Winter Borsdorff er. Bursdorffer. 



Garret Pippin. King. 



Le Grand Bohemian Borsdorffer. Reinette de Misnie. 



A small celebrated German Apple. 



Fruit roundish oval, narrowing at the eye. Skin pale yellow, with 

 a full red cheek, sprinkled with a little russet. Flesh yellowish white, 

 very firm and crisp, with a rich, brisk, perfumed flavor. November to 

 February. 



Borsdorf Ognon. 

 Reinette Plate. Zweibel Apfel. 



Of German origin. Tree with short, stocky, yellowish-brown shoots, 

 regular roundish head. 



Fruit small, greenish yellow, with large, distinct gray spots. Flesh 

 white, firm, subacid, perfumed, rich flavor. Winter. (Verg.) 



Bonne Virginie. 



A Belgian variety. 



Fruit medium, roundish, flattened at base, glossy greenish yellow, 

 with red in the sun. Flesh white, firm, sugary, slightly acid, agreeably 

 perfumed. October. (Alb. Pom.) 



Bossom. 



Originated at Petworth, England. 



Fruit large, conical, pale greenish yellow, very much russeted, and 

 with bright red on sunny side. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, sugary, 

 subacid. Valuable as a cooking-apple. November to March. (Lind.) 



BOTIGNE. 



De Boutigne. 



Of Belgic origin. Tree vigorous, upright, with large reddish-brown 

 shoots, downy at the end. 



Fruit rather large, oblong conical, yellow, washed over with car- 

 mine red, and marbled with spots of gray and black. Flesh yellowish, 

 firm, very juicy, sugary. Core long, irregular. November to March. 

 (Alb. Pom.) 



Bottle Greening. 



This variety was found near the Vermont and New York State line, 

 and takes its name from a hollow in the original tree, where workmen 

 were accustomed to keeping their bottle. It was introduced to notice 

 and disseminated by Eben Wight, of Dorchester, Mass. Tree a fine 

 grower, vigorous, spreading. Young wood reddish yellow. 



Fruit medium, oblate inclining to conic, greenish-yellow, shaded with 

 dull crimson in the sun, a slight bloom, and thinly sprinkled with 

 light dots. Stalk rather short. Cavity broad. Calyx closed. Basin 

 small, corrugated. Flesh white, subacid, almost melting. Core small. 

 Very good. January, February. 



