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THE APPLE. 
Belden or Red Cheek. 
Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, moderately productive 
Fruit large, roundish, conic. Skin yellow, with patches of rus 
set, sometimes a little bronzed cheek. Flesh yellow, crisp, sub- 
acid, pleasant. October, February. 
Birmingham. 
Of moderate growth, productive. Fruit medium, obliquely 
oblate. Skin yellow, sprinkled with a few whitish dots. Stem 
long, slender, in a broad deep cavity. Calyx closed, in a large, 
corrugated basin. Flesh yellowish, tender, rather acid, good 
for cooking. September. 
Black Apple. Coxe. 
Black American. Thomp. 
A native fruit, of a very dark red colour, and of a mild, rather 
agreeable flavour. 
Fruit rather below medium size, round or very slightly flat- 
tened. Skin dark red, almost black, with a mealy whitish 
bloom on the surface. Flesh yellowish red, tender, and o { 
medium quality. The tree when fully grown has a rather 
drooping head. Ripe from November to February. 
Black Oxford. 
From Oxford, Maine, valued as a late keeper and good 
bearer. Fruit below medium, roundish, oblate, slightly conic. 
Skin yellow, almost covered with red, and very dark red on the 
exposed side. Flesh whitish, compact, not very juicy but plea- 
sant, mild, sub-acid. January to May. 
Black Gilliflower. 
Medium size, oblong, conical. Skin very dark, dull red. 
Flesh white, dry, mild, sub-acid. November to February. Very 
productive, and some call it a profitable market fruit. 
Blenheim Pippin. Thomp. Lind. 
Blenheim Orange. 
Woodstock Pippin. 
Fruit medium, roundish. Skin yellowish, becoming deep 
orange, stained on the sunny side with dull and dark red stripes. 
Flesh yellow, breaking, very sweet, and of tolerable flavour. 
October to December 
