SECTION 2.—SOUR.
SUB-SECTION 1.—SELF-COLORED OR BLUSHED.
Belmont.
GATE—MAMMA BEAN, ETC.
Fig. 166.—BELMONT.
This beautiful apple is believed to be of Virginia origin, but was brought into public notice and notoriety in Belmont County, Ohio, whence its name. It is supposed to be the same as the Waxen of Coxe, which that author refers to Virginia.
Tree vigorous, spreading, productive, not hardy; Twigs light olive.
Fruit large, fair, oblate-conic, often angular; Surface very smooth, waxen-yellow, often faintly blushed orange, and spotted red; Dots minute, scattered.
Basin regular or wavy, not deep; Eye small, closed.