. Fruits and fruit-trees of England. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive. 96 THE APPLE. Yruit above medmm, roundisTi, conical, regular, yellow, washed andstriped with clear red. Elesh white, tender, juicy, vinous, subacid. Thestem almost always has a fleshy protuberance on one side. Novemberto March. (Hogg.) Best Kernel. Origin, Herefordshire, England, where it is grown mostly for cider-making. Fruit medium, oblong, yellow, shaded and streaked with palered. (Hogg.) Betsey. An English variety, there regarded as a valuable dessert Apple. Fruitsmall, roundish oblate, conical;
. Fruits and fruit-trees of England. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive. 96 THE APPLE. Yruit above medmm, roundisTi, conical, regular, yellow, washed andstriped with clear red. Elesh white, tender, juicy, vinous, subacid. Thestem almost always has a fleshy protuberance on one side. Novemberto March. (Hogg.) Best Kernel. Origin, Herefordshire, England, where it is grown mostly for cider-making. Fruit medium, oblong, yellow, shaded and streaked with palered. (Hogg.) Betsey. An English variety, there regarded as a valuable dessert Apple. Fruitsmall, roundish oblate, conical; pale yellow with brownish russet insun. Flesh greenish yellow, tender, juicy, rich, and sugary. Novemberto January. (Hogg.) Betsys Fancy. Origin unknown. A free grower, rather spreading, good bearer. Fruit scarcely medium, oblate, yellowish, shaded with dull short, inserted in a moderate cavity. Calyx closed. Basin shallowand uneven. Flesh compact, tender, pleasant, mild, subacid to very good. December to Bethlemite. Bethlemite. The origin of this fine apple is unknown. It was first brought tonotice from the town of Bethlehem, in Oliio, and is undoubtedly a seed-ling of the Newtown Spitzenberg, which it much resembles. Tree an THE APPLE. 97 upright, strong, stocky, short-jointed grower, with young shoots, dullreddish brown, quite downy. A productive bearer, the fruit keepingand carrying well; very valuable for all purposes. Fruit, medium, oblate, inclining to conical, regular. Color pale yel-low, striped, shaded and splashed with shades of light and dark red nearlyover the whole surface, thin grayish tinge, and pretty thickly light and brown dots. Stalk rather short, slender. Cavity large,considerably russeted. Calyx open or partially closed. Segments largeand generally erect. Basin large, slightly corrugated. Flesh white, com-pact, crisp, juicy, rich, mild subacid, slightly aromatic. Core small. Yerygood. December to March. Better
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