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Bonne Virginie

Apple

Origin/History

A Belgian variety.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Medium, roundish, flattened at base. Skin glossy greenish yellow, with red in the sun. Flesh white, firm, sugary, slightly acid, agreeably perfumed. Stem, cavity, calyx, basin, core, and seeds not described in source.

Season

October.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Bonne Virginie.

A Belgian variety.

Fruit medium, roundish, flattened at base, glossy greenish yellow, with red in the sun. Flesh white, firm, sugary, slightly acid, agreeably perfumed. October. (Alb. Pom.)

A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)