A large culinary apple of roundish shape, green color, and second-rate quality; in use from November to March.--_H. S. C._ n. 47. 426. BENLOMOND. A large, oblong, culinary fruit; of a greenish-yellow color; in use from October to December. The fruit is of good quality; tree bears steadily, has long slender twigs, is of middle size, leaves large, of uncommon figure. A variety cultivated in the Carse of Gowrie orchards. _M. C. H. S._ vol. iv. p. 470. 427. BENWELL’S LARGE. A large, roundish, green variety, of inferior quality; in use in December.--_H. S. C._ p. 6. 428. BENZLER. A medium sized cider apple, of ovate shape, striped with red, and in season from December to May.--_H. S. C._ n. 54. 429. BETLEY CODLIN. A medium sized kitchen apple, of conical shape; skin, yellow, with brownish-red towards the sun; in use from October till January.--_H. S. C._ p. 153. 430. BISCHOFF’S REINETTE. A middle sized, very valuable dessert apple, it is conical or pearmain-shaped; the skin is of a fine lemon color, without any red next the sun, but with markings of russet. Flesh, whitish-yellow, very fine, juicy, sugary, vinous, and aromatic. Ripe in November, and continues in use all the winter.--_Diel Kernobst._ i. B. 82. 431. BLACK ANNETTE. A medium sized apple of second-rate quality, suitable either for culinary or dessert use; it is of an ovate shape, dark red color, and in use from November to January.--_H. S. C._ p. 5. 432. BLACK AMERICAN. A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality; it is of roundish shape, dark red color, and in use during November and December.--_H. S. C._ n. 62. 433. BLACK BESS. An apple peculiar to the Carse of Gowrie, and said to keep long.--_M. C. H. S._ iv. 472. 434. BLACK BORSDORFFER. SYNONYME.--Black Crab. A small, roundish, dark red apple, of inferior quality; in use from November to January. It is curious on account of its color, in other respects worthless.--_H. S. C._ n. 64. 435. BLACK NONPAREIL. This is a small angular apple, with the stalk thickened like that of the Lemon Pippin. It has nothing of the character of the Nonpareil, but is a rich high flavored apple. It is only met with in the Scotch collections.--_Hort. Trans._ iii. 325. 436. BLAND’S ORANGE PIPPIN. Fruit, small, flattened at both ends. Stalk, short. Eye, large and deep. Color, light orange, deepening as it ripens, and varied with russet specks. The pulp is crisp, very juicy, and fit for the dessert; it is in perfection during October.--_Rog. Fr. Cult._ 79. 437. BLOOD ROYAL. A large culinary apple of second-rate quality; it is roundish, dark red, and in use from September to November.--_H. S. C._ p. 7. 438. BOGMILN FAVORITE. A small Scotch dessert apple, of second-rate quality, it is of a round shape, and striped with red; and in use from November to January. This variety is peculiar to the Carse of Gowrie orchards, and is there esteemed of excellent quality.--_H. S. C._ n. 72. 439. BONNER.