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POMACE.E. X. PyRUS. 



Normandy scions of cider-apples, and when he returned to 



Eno-land encouraged the grafting them throughout the county have brought to such perfection. 



London in the present year, which none but a public body could 



It is as follows. 



of Hereford. Hartlip in 1566 speaks of one who had 200 sorts 



The columns explain 1. The prevailing colour. 2. The usual 

 form. 3. The average size. 4. The use, whether for table, 



of apples, and " verily believes that there are nearly 500 sorts 



in this island." Ray in 1688 selected from the information of kitchen, or cider. 5. The quality. 6. The usual season of per- 



the most skilful gardeners about London a list of 78 sorts, fection. The abbreviations employed are as follows : 

 Succeeding wrriters have been enabled greatly to increase the 1. Prevailing colour. — p. pale; d. dark; y. yellow ; r. red; 



g. green ; 

 2. Form. 



rus. russet ; str. streaked ; br. brownish. 



list, partly from the almost continual accession of sorts received ^ 



from the continent during intervals of peace, but principally " 2. Form. — Pea. pearmain-shaped ; i. e. of the form of a 

 from the great numbers raised from seeds. A variety o£ apple^ truncated cone; calv. calville-shaped, when the ribs of the fruit 

 like those of most other plants, appears only to have a limited are particularly prominent ; ob. oblate; obi. oblong; ro. round- 

 duration ; and hence on taking a retrospective view of the lists ish; rou, round; con. conical; ro.-obl. roundish-oblong; ov. 

 of sorts given by Parkinson, Evelyn, and other authors, many ovate 

 of them are not now to be found, or are so degenerated or dis- 3. Size. — 1. very large ; 2. middle-sized ; 3. small. 



ov.-obl. ovate-oblong , 



obo. obovate. 



eased as no longer to deserve the attention of the planter. 

 *' I'he moils'' Mr. Knight observes, *' and its successful rival the 

 red'SlrealCf with ihe mns(s and gol(Jen-j)ippin^ are in the last stage 

 of decay, and the stire and fox-rvheh^ are hastening rapidly after 



4. Use. — T. table; K. kitchen; C. cider. 



5. Quality. 

 bad. 



1. first-rate; 2. second-rate; 3. indifferent or 



/ 



■The months of ripening are 



Name. 



1 Achmore. 



2 D*Adam 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



little doubt a great and valuable accession will be constantly 

 made to this class of fruits. Some, however, as Williamson 

 (Hort. trans. 3. p. 291.) and Speechly (Hints, 188.) consider 

 that the deterioration of the apjile and other fruits maybe owing 



to the climate, and that the return of genial summers would re- 

 store to us from old trees as good fruit as heretofore. 



A numerous list of varieties may be considered as puzzling to 

 the inexperienced person, who has to select for a garden or an 

 orchard ; but if each of these varieties were correctly figured 

 and described, including the character and habits of the tree, as 

 well as the leaves, roots, blossoms, and fruit, the list could not 

 be too extensive of a fruit so universally grown and liked as the 

 apple ; for almost every garden and orchard differs in soil, cli- 

 mate, aspect or situation ; and, consequently, to be planted in 

 the best manner, must require a corresponding difference in the 

 varieties of each species of fruit with which it is to be planted. 

 Sabine, however, (Hort. trans. 3. p. 263.) considers, that the 

 stockoffl/^P^^* requires reduction rather than increase, and ob- 

 serves that one of the chief objects to which the attention of the 

 Horticultural Society is at present directed, is to make a judi- 

 cious selection. A great variety o{ apple trees in a bearing state 

 may be seen in different nurseries both in Britain and Ireland, 

 but especially near London ; from these in the autumn the fruit 

 may be tasted from the trees, and either young plants newly 

 worked or plants in a state of bearing fixed on, and marked to 

 be taken up at the proper season. The advantages of this mode, 

 especially to such as possess but a small garden, are too obvious 

 to require comment. 



The only catalogue o^ apples wliich can be depended upon for 

 accuracy yet published, is that by the Horticultural Society of 



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 13 



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 16 



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20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



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seigneur rouge. 

 Adam's apple 

 d'Avent. 

 agat apfel rouge 



agathe grise 



Alban _ - - 



Alcester seedling. 



Alderston pippin 



Alexander - - - 



emperor Alexander. 

 Russian emperor, 

 Sparta. 

 Alfriston - - - 



Neivtown pippin (of 

 many). 



lord Gwydyrs Newtow7i 

 pippin. 



AUhorp pippin, see mar- 

 malade. 



American mammoth, see 

 gloria mundi. 



ambrosia, Parson's. 



American, new. 



American peach - 



American peach, see cou- 

 sinette. 



American pippin. 



American summering. 



d^Amerique, see noir. 

 d'ange • - _ 



d* Angleterre grosse, see 



reinette Wahre. 

 Anglais. 



d'anisj see fenouillet gris. 

 anis-seed - - - 



rival golden pippin. 

 Annette black 

 api gros. 



api noir • • . 

 api panachee 



panache e, 

 api, petit - - - 



ponime rose. 



ladif apple (of the Ame- 

 ricans). 

 etoilee, 



Aporta, see Alexander. 



Arabian apple, see pigeon 



Remarks. 



them.'* After making a great variety of experiments for several placed in numbers beginning at Jan. for the 1st, and so on to 

 years, and after many attempts to propagate every old variety of December, the 12th. 

 the apple, this author observes (Treat, on Apple and Pear, 15.), 

 " I think I ^^ justified in the conclusion, that all plants of this 

 species, however propagated from the same stock, partake in 

 some degree of the same life, and will attend the progress of that 

 life in the habits of its youth, its maturity, and its decay, though 

 they will not be any way affected by any incidental injuries the 

 l)arent tree may sustain after they are detached from it." Mr. 

 Knight next directed his attention to raising new varieties from 

 seeds, and has by crossing one sort with another, and by having 

 constantly several thousands of seedlings rearing, from which as 

 they show fruit, to select the best sorts, succeeded in producing 

 several new varieties of apples, much esteemed for the table and 

 the press* Of several of these sorts, and those obtained, ac- 

 counts will be found in the work above quoted, and in Horticul- 

 tural Transactions. Several eminent horticulturists in different 

 districts are now engaged in a similar manner, and there can be 



g-y- 



r-y 



g- 



g-y- 



d. r, 

 d. r, 



y-g' 



y. r. 



ro. 



ro. 



ro. 



ob. 



ov. 



ob. 

 ro. 



ob 



1 



2 



K 



3 



C 



1 



2 



3 T 

 2 KT 



2 



11,4 



9 



10 



2 



3 

 3 



3 



KTi2 

 3 



T 



2 



10,1 



11.1 



10,4 

 10,12 



10,4 



VVorthlesSjUii' 

 less for cider. 

 Of no value. 



Moderate 

 bearer, large 

 and hand- 

 some. 

 A valuable 

 kitchen apple 



More curious 

 than useful. 

 Very beauti- 

 ful. 



