CHAPTER VI 

 FRUITS 



APPLES 



THESE are placed in two divisions (l) dessert, (2) 

 culinary. Dessert varieties are judged according to 

 their known flavour. The Royal Horticultural Society 

 places a premium upon fruits of medium size, in its 

 competitions. It specifically states in its Annual Schedule 

 that fruits of Blenheim Pippin and Ribston Pippin 

 apples, when staged in dessert Classes, must be of a 

 size that will pass through a three-inch ring. 



Merits. Dessert apples must be of good colour ; 

 the more highly coloured the better. Skin not bruised 

 or otherwise blemished. Eye and stalk intact, because 

 the stalk and the shape of the eye and its segments are 

 marked characters of varieties. The fruits may be 

 shown ripe or unripe unless the Schedule stipulates that 

 ripe fruits must be exhibited. 



Culinary or cooking varieties should exhibit the same 

 good outward characters as dessert varieties, and in 

 their case size and weight are especial merits for 

 exhibition. 



Faults. Fruits with very deep-set eyes are not held 

 in esteem. Other defects in both divisions are poor 

 colouring (in coloured varieties), irregular shape, lack or 

 size, and blemishes from any cause whatever. 



APRICOTS 



These choice fruits should be richly coloured all 

 round and not on one side only. They should be of 



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