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XXXVI. A Note upon the Brabant Bellefieur Apple. By 

 John Lindley, Ph. D. Assistant Secretary. 



Read February 5, 1833. 



The quality of the Apples in cultivation in this country, has now 

 arrived at so high a degree of excellence, that new or unrecorded 

 varieties are seldom found deserving any special notice. I am, 

 however, disposed to think, that the kind which forms the subject 

 of this communication, is one that is in many respects of very un- 

 usual importance, for it combines the properties of some of the best 

 table and kitchen fruits, with great beauty, a hardy constitution, 

 and much durability. 



It was received by the Society from the Messrs. Schneevooghts, 

 Nurserymen of Haarlem, under the name of the Brabansche Belle- 

 fieur. As the Bellefleurs are generally cider varieties, and of no im- 

 portance to this country, the tree at first met with little attention. 

 Upon fruiting, however, contrary to expectation, it proved a very 

 handsome sort, in no respect resembling the other Bellefleurs, and 

 was found to keep remarkably well. We have since cultivated it with 

 greater care, and we continue to find it of first rate excellence. 



The fruit is of large size, almost round, rather broader at the base 

 than apex, its eye is open, seated in a moderately deep depression, 

 and surrounded with some obtuse plaits. The stalk is short. The 

 skin on the shaded side is yellowish faintly streaked with red, but 

 next the sun it is of a rich deep red, broken into streaks and spots, 

 with a few yellowish-brown dots. The flesh is yellowish, firm, very 

 juicy and heavy, with a rich subacid flavour. 



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