THE APPLE. 
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large, roundish, a little ribbed, and rather broadest at the base, 
Skin pale greenish-yellow. Flesh yellowish white, crisp, tender, 
with a tolerable, somewhat acid flavour. October to January 
American Pippin. Coxe. Thomp. 
Grindstone. 
Valuable only for its late keeping and for cider. 
Fruit of medium size and regular form, roundish, somewhat 
flattened. Skin dull red in patches and stripes, on a dull green 
ground. Flesh white, firm, juicy, with a somewhat brisk, acid 
flavour. Keeps till June. Trees with crooked shoots. 
Angle. 
Medium, roundish, yellow, nearly covered with stripes and 
splashes of light and dark red with white dots. Flesh yellow, 
tender, sweet and good, fair and handsome. First of September, 
Augustine. 
Large, roundish, conic, yellow, striped with red, sweet and 
dry. August. 
Baldwin Sweet. 
Fruit rather large, roundish, yellow, striped and shaded with 
red. Flesh yellow, rather compact, sweet and good. Produc- 
tive. October, January. 
Bar Apple. 
A large, fair apple, slightly tinged with red next the sun. 
Flesh white, juicy, sweet and agreeable. An early fall fruit, and 
keeps well through the winter. (Coxe.) 
Bedfordshire Foundling. Thomp. Lind. 
A large green English apple, excellent for kitchen use. 
Fruit large, roundish, obscurely ribbed. Skin deep green, paler 
at maturity. Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, with a pleasant, 
acid flavour. October to February. 
Belle-Fleur, Red. 
Belle -Fleur. Poiteau. Belle-Fleur Rouge? Thomp. 
A French variety scarcely worth cultivation. 
Fruit large, regular, oblong-conical. Skin pale greenish -yel- 
low, but nearly covered with red, striped with dark red. Flesh 
white, tender, of tolerable, mild flavour, apt to become mealy 
November to January. 
