937. WRIGHT’S NONPAREIL.
This is a Salopian apple, great bearer, of a good size, and a little flatted. It is a good kitchen apple, and keeps till June. The tree is smaller in size than most other apple trees.—[Fors. Treat.] 131.
938. YELLOW BUCKLAND.
A medium sized culinary apple, of inferior quality, it is of oblate shape, yellow color, and in use from December till March.—[H. S. C.] p. 8.
939. YELLOW BELLE-FLEUR.
- Synonyme.—Bell Flower; Yellow Bellflower.
The Yellow Belle-Fleur, is a large, handsome, and excellent winter apple, every where esteemed in the United States. It is most abundantly seen in the markets of Philadelphia, as it thrives well in the sandy soils of New Jersey. Coxe first described this fruit; the original tree of which grew in Burlington, New Jersey. We follow Thompson in calling it Belle-Fleur, from the beauty of the blossoms, with the class of French apples, to which it belongs.
Fruit, very large, oblong, a little irregular, tapering to the eye. Skin, smooth, pale lemon-yellow, often with a blush next the sun. Stalk, long, and slender, in a deep cavity. Calyx, closed, and set in a rather narrow, plaited basin. Seeds, in a large hollow capsule or core. Flesh, tender, juicy, crisp, with a sprightly sub-acid flavor; before fully ripe, it is considerably acid. November to March.
Wood, yellowish, and tree vigorous, with spreading, drooping branches. A regular and excellent bearer, and worthy of a place in every orchard—[Down. Fr. Amer.] 100.