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PEOFITABLE GAEDENING. 



CHAPTER XXI. — SELECTION OF YAEIETIES. 



In selecting apples for planting the 

 choice will have to be determined by 

 the nature of the object in view. For 

 market purposes a few robust-grow- 

 ing, certain bearers, producing fruit 

 of a showy kind will be preferable 

 to a great variety. In gardens of 

 great extent tliere will perha]3S be 

 little occasion for bush trees, as almost 

 every variety will be grown to perfec- 

 tion on standards, and tliese give little 

 trouble, are very fruitful after arriving 

 at mature age, and need little or no 

 pruning. It is in the small garden, 

 where excellence and variety are of 

 more importance than bulk, that bush 

 trees willbe found of most value, as fur- 

 nishing a great variety, and aifording 

 agreeable recreation in their manage- 

 ment. On the ground covered by 

 one full-grown standard tree, at least 

 twenty bushes may be grown, and 

 M-hen these arc trimmed en quenouille, 

 or distaff fashion, so as to have a con- 

 tour similar to that of an Irish yew, 

 they may be planted three feet apart, 

 and still produce large crops of fruit. 

 The following selection is arranged 

 to meet the various circumstances 

 iinder which the trees may be planted, 

 and as mere names are insufficient to 

 guide persons either in the formation 

 or improvement of selections, brief 

 descriptions are added, not for pur- 

 poses of identification, but to enable 

 the planter to select the kinds best 

 adapted to his piirpose : — 



TWENTY-FOUE OKCHABD APPLES. 



Alfreston, K. — Large, round, skin 

 light orange next the sun, greenish 

 yellow in the shade ; flesh yellowish, 

 crisp, sharply acid. November to 

 March. A fruitful variety and a 

 strong grower. It makes a capital 

 espalier for a west or east wall. 



Bedfordshire roundling,K. — Very 

 large, pale green when ripe ; flesh 

 yellowish, acid. November to April. 

 A handsome kitchen apple, but rather 

 fitful in productiveness. 



Bess Pool, K.,D. — Large, conical, 

 handsome; yellow suflused with red 

 next the sun, flesh white, sugary, 



vinous. Good from November to 

 May. Rarely fails to give a good 

 crop, and fit for any purpose. 



Elenheim Orange, K , D. — Very 

 large, ovate, yellowish, red next the 

 suu ; flesh yellow, sugary. November 

 to June. 



Court of Wick, D. — Medium size, 

 Tery handsome, greenish yellow, 

 orange, and russety ; juicy, high 

 flavoured. 



Dumelow's Seedling, K. — Large, 



round, yellow and light red ; flesh 



yellow, first-rate. November to 



March. Also known as Wellington 



! and Normanton Wonder. 



Devonshire Quarrenden, D. — This 



is the famous " sack apple " of the 



western counties, medium size, deep 



' crimson, flesh greenish white, juic}'', 



subacid, August. 



Dutch Codlin, K. — Very large, 

 I conical and ribbed ; greenish yellow 

 I with light tinge of orange, flesa white 

 I and firm, a first-rate kitchen apple, 

 always bears, and will keep till Christ- 

 mas. 



Fearn's Pippin, D., K. — Full me- 

 dium size, round and handsome ; 

 greenish yellow, russety, and bright 

 red, flesh greenish white, sweet and 

 richly flavoured . November to March. 



Forge, K. — Medium, golden yel- 

 low, mottled with crimson, and dai'k 

 red next the sun ; flesh tender, juicy, 

 and perfumed. Always bears well. 

 September to February. 



French Crab, K., D. — Large, dark 

 green, brownish next the sun ; flesh 

 green, firm, subacid. Bears im- 

 mensely, and will keep any reason- 

 able length of time. 



Gooseberry Pippin, K. — Large, 

 roundish, bi'ight green, flesh greenish, 

 tender, gooseberry flavour, which it 

 retains till May or June, and may be 

 kept to the following August. 



Ilawthornden, K. — Large, ovate, 

 yellowish green, reddish blush next 

 the sun ; flesh white, juicy, almost 

 good enough for dessert. This never 

 fails to give a large crop ; it is not a 

 strong grower, the New HaMihorn- 

 den is more robust, and produces a 



