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to pick them from the trees in July and August. 

 Those who wish to plant early varieties cannot afford 

 to be without Mr Gladstone, Beauty of Bath, White 

 and Red Juneating, and Irish Peach. These are all 

 good dessert apples, and well worth growing for an 

 early supply. Mr Gladstone bears excellent crops when 

 grafted on the Paradise Stock, and is, on account of its 

 free bearing qualities, valuable as an early market kind. 

 White Juneating, also known as July Pippin, and Red 

 Juneating, also called Margaret, both bear well as 

 dwarfs, and as standards on the Crab Stock also. 

 Irish Peach is a splendid early fruit, and it bears well, 

 growing either as a pyramid or standard. Of apples 

 that will carry us through September, we have Kerry 

 Pippin, Devonshire Quarrenden, Lady Sudeley, and 

 Duchess of Gloucester. Kerry Pippin is an excellent 

 little apple ; it is small and very sweet, and the tree 

 crops heavily. In common with most of these early 

 varieties, Kerry Pippin apple may be picked off the 

 tree almost ripe. None of them will keep for long, 

 nor indeed is it necessary that they should. 



Devonshire Quarrenden is another indispensable fruit 

 of medium size, handsome, and agreeably flavoured. Lady 

 Sudeley and Duchess of Gloucester are undoubtedly two 

 of the most beautiful early apples we have, and no less 

 useful than beautiful. Mr George Bunyard introduced 

 the first mentioned in 1885, and writes thus concerning 

 it : It is best when eaten from the tree, and will then 

 remain a month in use, but loses flavour when stored. 

 It bears on the points of the shoots, and therefore must 

 be allowed to grow naturally, with slight pruning. It 

 succeeds in Scotland and Cornwall, and is grand in the 

 orchard-house. Apple Duchess of Gloucester, although 

 rather small, is produced abundantly, and in colour is a 

 bright red. 



The months of October, November and December 



