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bush upon the Paradise Stock, and as such bears 

 remarkably well. It is not so large as several of the 

 cooking apples, although it is of a good size. It is 

 greenish yellow in colour, sometimes tinged with light 

 red on the sunny side. 



Striped Beefing and Northern Greening are two good 

 winter cooking apples, and may be grown either as 

 bushes or standards. The first named, like Mere de 

 Menage, previously mentioned, bears better when it 

 has reached a more advanced age. Royal Late Cooking, 

 although by no means really a new apple, has only quite 

 recently been offered to the public. It originated in the 

 Royal Gardens, Windsor, some years ago, and, when 

 exhibited before the Royal Horticultural Society in 

 1896, received an award of merit. A large, handsome, 

 greenish yellow fruit, that keeps well, Royal Late 

 Cooking forms a good standard tree, and is to be 

 recommended. The Gooseberry Apple is a good old 

 culinary variety, and one that is now seldom heard of. 

 It is nevertheless a valuable late kind of medium size. 



Variety. 

 Mr Gladstone. 



Beauty of Bath. 



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Remarks. 

 Ripe in July and August ; a pretty, 



well-coloured fruit ; bears freely 



on the Paradise Stock \ good early 



market apple. 

 A very handsome, bright red fruit, of 



good flavour , Paradise Stock ; ripe 



in August. 



