THE APPLE. 
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Borsdorffer. Thomp. Knoop. 
Borsdorff. Lind. 
King George the Third. Ron. 
Queen’s, 
Reinn ette Batarde, 
Edler Winter Borsdorffer, 
Reinnette de Misnie, 
Ganet Pippin, 
King, 
Le Grand Bohemian Borsdorffer, 
of various 
gardens , 
- ac. to 
Thomp. 
A small, celebrated German apple. Fruit roundish-oval, nar- 
rowing 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 flavour. November to 
February. 
Borovitsky. 
A Russian apple of medium size, roundish, angular. Skin pale 
green, faintly striped. Flesh white, firm, sub-acid. August. 
Boxford. 
Fruit medium, oblate. Skin whitish, striped with red. Flesh 
compact, not very juicy nor high flavour. September, October. 
Brewer. 
From Mass., a good grower, an annual bearer. Fruit very large, 
roundish, yellow, with a slight blush. Flesh yellowish, tender, 
pleasant, mild, sub-acid. October, November. 
Burnhap Greening. 
Origin, Yergennes, Vt. Good grower and regular bearer. 
Medium, nearly globular, inclining to conic ; skin greenish yel- 
low. Flesh solid, juicy, crisp, with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. 
January and February. 
Cake Apple. 
From Connecticut. Medium, oblate, much depressed. Skm 
yellowish, with a blush. Flesh juicy, tender, pleasant. January 
to March. 
Calville, White Winter. Lind. 
Calville Blanche d’Hiver. Thomp. 0. Duh. Noisette. 
White Calville. Coxe. 
The White Winter Calville is a celebrated old French sauce 
and cooking apple; but like most others of its class, is not 
worthy of cultivation here. 
