PLATE LXVII. 
4. BETTY GEESON. 
It is said to have been raised from the pip, by Betty Geeson, an old woman who lived in 
a village near Belvoir. 
Description. —Fruit: quite flat, with obtuse ribs on the sides. Skin : smooth and shining, 
of a fine, bright, yellow colour, with a deep blush on the side next the sun. Eye : large, open, and 
set in a deep, wide and irregular basin. Stalk : over half an inch long, slender, deeply set in a wide 
cavity. Flesh : white, tender, sweet, and with a brisk acidity. 
A valuable late-keeping kitchen apple, which continues in season until April or May. 
The tree is small in growth, and thus is well adapted for bush culture. It bears profusely, 
and the late-keeping quality of its fruit, renders it a very profitable one for cultivation. 
