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from north of the Tweed, as in those grown in the south of England. 

 Along with these were plenty of good kinds exhibited, which do 

 well in certain localities, hut prove worthless elsewhere ; and also 

 a host of kinds that can only be termed " bad." 



The Congress lasted from October 5th to the 25tli, 1883, and a 

 committee of about fifty members, drawn from among tlie pomologists 

 of the country, under the skilful direction of Mr. A. F. Barron, the 

 Society's superintendent, carefully examined and compared upwards 

 of ten thousand separate lots of apples. The result of the labours 

 of the committee, with much more of an instructive and useful 

 nature about apples and apple-growing, has been worked into an 

 excellent and most useful Eeport by Mr. Barron, and issued to the 

 public at the moderate price of half-a-crown, imder the title of 

 British A2Jplcs. This report must prove invaluable in the future 

 cultivation of the apple in Britain, as a safe guide to all who are 

 anxious to grow the best kinds for use and profit. It goes straight 

 to the gist of the matter, avoiding lengthy technical details and 

 elaborate descriptions, which only confuse the uninitiated. Lists of 

 the best kinds suited to the various districts have beeir carefully 

 compiled by Mr. Barron, from returns sent in by the growers in 

 the district, and from numerous other sources of information 

 at his command. From the returns sent in by 130 exhibitors in 

 Great Britain, it is seen that the hest twelve dessert apples are — 

 King of the Pippins, Co.\.'s Orange Pippin, Eihston Pippin, Kerry 

 Pippin, Blenheim Orange, Irish Peach, Devonshire Quarrenden, 

 Sturmer Pippin, Scarlet Nonpareil, Court Pendu I'lat, Claygate Pear- 

 main, and Yellow Ingestrie. Of culinary apples the best twelve are 

 stated to be Lord Suffield, Dumelow's Seedling, Keswick Codlin, 

 Warner's King, Blenheim Orange, Winter Hawtliornden, Cellini, 

 EcklinviUe Seedling, Stirling Castle, Hawthornden, Manks Codlin, 

 and Golden ISToble. These are given in the order named in the list, 

 which to a certain extent indicates the value and usefulness of each 

 variety. It will be observed, however, that Blenheim Orange is 

 placed fifth in both dessert and culinary varieties, having received 

 5 2 points in the first, and 6 3 points in the latter ; together, 115 

 points, indicating that it is the most generally appreciated of all 

 our apjDles. King of the Pippins is at the top of the dessert 

 apples, with 9 8 points ; and Lord Suffield at the top of culinary 

 apples, with 101 points. These lists and figures do not mean that 

 the apples named are the best and only kinds which should be 

 grown under all circumstances ; but they indicate healthy and sure 

 bearing trees and apples of high quality. The dessert apples named 

 are suited for a supply of fruit from the first to the last of the apple 

 season — August to April ; and tlie same may be said of the culinary 



