Best Varieties of Apples. 



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of local experience, and consider what he himself particu- 

 larly wishes to possess. By the kind permission of the 

 editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle, we here reprint a list 

 of the dozen varieties considered best in the six districts 

 of England marked out at the time of the Congress for 

 the sake of preliminary classification. The list was sup- 

 plied by Mr. P. Grieve, of Bury St. Edmunds,* the 

 names following in the order of merit ascribed to the 

 various kinds. Apple-names, like those of roses, do not 

 pretend to be scientific. They are bestowed simply for 

 convenience of identification. 



* April 18, 1885, p. 503. 



