This is a very old English variety. It was known to Parkinson so early as 1629, and also to Worlidge and Ray. But it is not noticed by any subsequent author, or enumerated in any of the nursery catalogues of the last century, until discovered by George Lindley, growing in a garden at Gatton, near Norwich, and published by him in the Transactions of the London Horticultural Society, vol. iv., p. 58. He seems to be uncertain whether it is the Summer, or Winter Belle Bonne of these early authors, but Worlidge’s description leaves no doubt as to its identity. He says “The Summer Belle et Bonne is a good bearer, but the fruit is not long lasting. The Winter Belle and Bon is much to be preferred to the Summer in every respect.” I have no doubt, therefore, that the latter is the Belle Bonne of Lindley. Parkinson says “they are both fair fruit to look on, being yellow, and of a meane (medium) bignesse.” 24. BELLEDGE PIPPIN.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 49. SYNONYMES.--Belledge, _Lind. Guide_, 36. Belledge Pippin, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 65. FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xvi., f. 4. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two inches high; roundish, narrowing a little towards the apex, regularly and handsomely formed. Skin, pale green, changing to yellow as it ripens, with a tinge of brown where exposed to the sun, and strewed with grey, russety dots. Eye, small, partially closed with short segments, and placed in a round, narrow, and rather shallow basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, inserted in a round and deep cavity. Flesh, greenish yellow, tender, soft, brisk, sugary, and aromatic. An excellent, but not first-rate apple, suitable either for the dessert or culinary purposes. It is in use from November to March. 25. BELLE GRIDELINE.--Lind. IDENTIFICATION.--Lind. Plan Or. 1796. Lind. Guide, 36. SYNONYME.--Belle Grisdeline, _Fors. Treat._ 93. Fruit, medium sized; round, and regularly formed. Skin, clear yellow, marbled and washed with clear red, and intermixed with thin grey russet next the sun. Eye, set in a deep, round basin. Stalk, slender, deeply inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, white, firm, crisp, and briskly flavored. An excellent dessert apple, in season from December to March. The tree is healthy and vigorous, of the middle size, and an excellent bearer. This beautiful variety was first brought into notice by Mr. George Lindley, who found it growing in a small garden near Surrey Street Gates, Norwich, where it had originated about the year 1770. Mr. Lindley first propagated it in 1793, and the original tree died about seven years afterwards. 26. BENNET APPLE.--Knight. IDENTIFICATION AND FIGURE.--Pom. Heref. t. 21. Lind Guide, 101.