COOKING VARIETIES 



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Variety. 

 Bramley's 

 Seedling. 



Bismarck. 



Striped Beaufin. 



Newton Wonder. 



Chelmsford 

 Wonder. 



Remarks. 



An excellent cooking apple. A large 

 fruit, that keeps well. It, like 

 Mere de Menage, is best grown 

 as a bush on the Paradise Stock. 

 It then fruits splendidly. It may, 

 however, also be grown as a 

 pyramid or standard. 



A large and handsome fruit, finely 

 coloured, but a somewhat over- 

 rated variety. The fruit often 

 becomes badly spotted, and the 

 flesh also becomes soft and woolly. 

 It is a fairly regular and good 

 cropper, and is a favourite exhibi- 

 tion fruit. Will thrive on either 

 the Paradise or Crab. 



A large, handsome apple, that is not 

 unwelcome as a dessert fruit in early 

 spring. It is a good bearer, and in 

 season from December to February. 



A variety that is of compara- 

 tively recent introduction. It has 

 been awarded a First-Class Certifi- 

 cate by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, and has proved itself to 

 be a vigorous grower, a good 

 keeping sort, and a free bearer. 

 We have bushes of it that have 

 been a great success. As a 

 standard or pyramid it may also 

 be had. The fruit is large, and 

 is at its best from November to 

 April or May. 



This is a handsome, highly coloured 

 fruit, of good quality, and the tree 



