58 FRUIT GROWING FOR AMATEURS 



be kept in a far more healthy and productive condition. Caustic 

 Alkali winter wash is recommended for use in this case, and if 

 carefully applied so as to reach all parts of the trees it will kill 

 the moss and lichen and destroy all insect pests that it touches^ 

 Attention to this matter will well repay the grower for his trouble. 

 Varieties of Apples are very numerous, but a compara- 

 tively small number of the best will maintain a good succession 

 of fruit. Mr. Gladstone is a good dessert variety ready for use 

 at the end of July and early in August ; the fruits are of medium 

 size, sweet and juicy, and marked with crimson ; the tree is a 

 free bearer. Next we have Langley Pippin, a really good early 

 Apple of comparatively recent introduction ; the fruits are of 



Typical trained Apple Tree, suitable for espalier or wall. Prune 

 at cross lines. A, B, B show lines of future branches 



Li ypical 

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