The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . and. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive. 96 THE APPLE. Fruit above meclhim, roundish, conical, regular, yellow, washed andstriped with clear red. Flesh white, tender, jiiicy, vinous, subacid. Thefctem almost always has a fleshy protuberance on one side. Novemberto March. (Hogg.) Best Bache. Baches 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, roimdish oblate, conica
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . and. Tree hardy, vigorous, productive. 96 THE APPLE. Fruit above meclhim, roundish, conical, regular, yellow, washed andstriped with clear red. Flesh white, tender, jiiicy, vinous, subacid. Thefctem almost always has a fleshy protuberance on one side. Novemberto March. (Hogg.) Best Bache. Baches 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, roimdish oblate, conical; pale yellow with brownish russet insun. Flesh greenish yellow, tender, juicy, rich, and sugary. Novemberto January, (Hogg.) Betsys Fakcy. Origin itnknown. 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 unknoAvm. It was first brought tonotice from the to^Ti of Bethlehem, in Ohio, and is undoubtedly a seed-ling of the Newtown Spitzenberg, Avhich it much resembles. Tree an THE APPLE. 97 mji-iglit, strong, stocky, sliort-jointed grower, with, young shootci, dullreddish brown, quite downy. A productive bearer, the fruit Iveepingand carrying well; very valuable for all purposes. Frviit, medium, oblate, inclining to conical, regular. Color pale yellow, striped, shaded and splashed with shades of light and dark red nearlyover the whole surface, thin grayish tinge, and pretty thickly sprinkledwith light and brown dots. Stalk rather short, slender. Cavity large,considerably rtisseted. 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. Verygood. December to Marc
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