PLATE LXXI. 
5. BRABANT BELLEFLEUR. 
[Syn : Glory of Flanders ; Iron Applel\ 
The variety was forwarded to the gardens of the London Horticultural Society, by Messrs. 
Booth, of Hamburgh, in the early part of the present century. 
Description .—Fruit : large, three inches and a half wide, and three and a quarter high ; 
roundish ovate, inclining to oblong or conical, ribbed on the sides, and narrowing towards the eye. 
Skin : greenish yellow, changing to lemon yellow as it attains maturity, and striped with red next 
the sun. Eye : large and open, with long, broad segments, set in a wide and angular basin. Stalk : 
short, inserted in a deep and wide cavity, which is lined with brown russet. Flesh : yellowish white, 
firm, crisp and juicy, with a sugary, aromatic, and pleasantly subacid flavour. 
An excellent culinary apple of the finest quality. It is in season from November to April. 
The tree is hardy, and though not strong, is a healthy grower. It attains the middle size and 
bears well. 
