18 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
crop ripe at the end of the summer and early part of the autumn. 
The little extra labour in the cultivation of the late grapes consists 
in the attention required to keep them safe from damp after they 
attain maturity. But the difference in the value of the two crops is 
immense ; for the early grapes—that is to say, those ripe in August 
and September—will, according to the usual price they realize in 
the market, be worth from eighteen pence to two shillings per 
pound, whilst the late grapes in use from December forwards may 
be considered to be worth from four to eight shillings per pound ; 
for that sum would have to be paid for first-class produce. The 
cultivation of late grapes has, during the past few years, acquired 
immense importance, and it is well deserving of the attention of 
amateurs who have the necessary convenience for grape-growing. 
There are a very large number of dessert apples in season now; 
so that provided the space can be found for the trees, there is no 
difficulty in having a goodly supply. There are, indeed, so many of 
excellent quality, thatthe chief difficulty consists in making a selec- 
tion of sorts suitable for a small garden. Adam’s Pearmain is 
large, in fact, one of the largest of dessert apples, handsome, and 
of excellent quality, andthe tree is a good bearer. Blenheim Orange 
is one of the best known apples we have, because of its handsome 
appearance and high quality for culinary purposes, as well as for the 
dessert. Boston Russet, in use from January to April, is a nice 
medium-sized fruit, and one of the best of its class for the dessert.. 
Braddick’s Nonpareil is not so remarkable for its appearance as it is 
for its excellent quality and productiveness; the tree is a great 
bearer, and well suited for gardens, from which it is of the utmost 
importance to obtain the largest possible supplies in proportion to 
their size. Cockle Pippin and Court of Wick are two medium-sized 
apples, not particularly handsome ; but the quality is so high, and 
the trees so productive, that they can be well recommended. Cowrt 
Pendu Plat and Cox’s Orange Pippin, in use from October to Febru- 
ary, are, on the other hand, very handsome, and the skin so rich in 
colour, that they have a very attractive appearance upon the table. 
They are both of fine quality, and the trees bear good crops. Fearn’s 
Pippin is also a very brightly coloured apple, of good quality; and 
as the tree is a heavy cropper, and the first in season from November 
to February, it need hardly be said that it is deserving of a hearty 
recommendation. It is also useful for culinary purposes. Golden 
Pippin and Sam Young are two liliputian varieties, at their best 
from November to February, but perfectly distinct, excepting that 
they are of the finest quality, and deserving of a place in a very 
select collection. Very small apples are often treated with con- 
tempt by judges at fruit shows, bat I hold them to be of the 
highest value ; for apples large enough to satisfy half-a-dozen guests 
are not required upon the table. 
Ribston Pippin is not so generally adapted to all soils and situa- 
tions as the majority of the other varieties enumerated, but its fruit, 
which is in season from October to May, is so rich in flavour and 
highly appreciated, that a few trees should be planted. Sykehouse 
Russet, Scarlet Nonpareil, Stamford Pippin, and Wyken Pippin, are 
