Cultivation ofGraf*-Lan$* Planting. Apple Trees Soils proper for. .589 



ford (hi re have &quot; always been fuppofed to derive their excellence frcm feme 

 peculiar quality in the foil which produces them; but that a preference has been 

 given to foils of oppofitc kinds by the planters of different ages. Thole of the laft 



much attention form after making. Clark s Primo; middle fixe, of an orange colour on one fide, red, 

 blotched \vitli brown, on the other, of a mild lufcious acid, makes rich cider, and is alfo an excellent 

 npple fur the table. Buckland ; i mall yellow tinged with red, veined with red within, makes gooil 

 cider. Pit-Crub ; final], dark red, rinely tinyed with a hike colour within, finart acid, makes good 

 cider. Slatti.r s Pearmain ; middle fi/e, yellow, richly tinged with red and biown, delicious flavour, 

 firm f!e(h, makes excellent cider, but hitherto has been more ufed at the table than at the prefs. 

 Stutter s No. 1&amp;lt;) ; long in its form, ground a yellow and light red, finely blotched with ftrong red, mo 

 derately acrid, is a fine cider fruit. flatter s No. 20 ; yellowifli ground, tinged with red, fmart acid 

 flavour, makes very good cider. Slatter s No. 21 ; tinged on the fun- fide with red and brown, very 



pleafant flavour, and will undoubtedly be efteemed as one of our beft cider apples. The four laft- 



rmmed apples, the author fays, are new, the trees being lately raifed from kernels by Mr. Slatter of 



Uminfter, Somerfetjwhofe orchard and cider have long acquired much celebrity. Cattle-pippin ; 



greenilh-yellow, veined with brown, and flightly tinged with red, mild acid, and makes good fecond-rate 

 pale cider. Saw-pit; red throughout, acid flavour, and by fome is efteeiued the beft cider apple iu 

 the country. Pomme-apis; large, yellow, faintly tinged with red on the fun-fide, broad attheftem, 

 very juicy, finart but pleafant acid, is undoubtedly a fine cider-fruit : it is, however, very little known 

 in this country, having been brought from France but a few years fince, and the propagation of it 

 confined to one or twonurferies only.&quot; 



In Devonfhire : Staverton red-ftreak ; whitifh-yellowat the ftem, brown, tinged with red towards 

 he upper end, pungent acid, makes a fmart but pale-coloured cider ; the tree a remarkably plentiful 

 bearer. Sweet broady ; large and handfome, colour brown and red, makes good cider, ufeful for 

 mellowing that of the very acid fruits ; the tree large and fine, and bears plentifully. Lemon bitter- 

 fweet ; yellow rind, hard and firm, a pleafant bitter, and is by fome efteemed a fine cider apple. 

 Jofey; handfome yellow, fubjed to fpots of brown on the rind, of a mild acid tafte, very foon aftergather- 

 ing perfeclsthe faccharine fermentation, makes mild pleafant cider, but not lafting: it is alfo a good table 

 fruit. Orcheton pippin ; a very handfome apple, yellow on one fide and red on the other, of a highly 

 pleafant flavour, excellent for cider, the table, and the kitchen ; in point of general utility perhaps few 

 apples are fuperior, Wine-apple; green) (h -yellow ground,very thickly ftreaked with red all over,pulp 

 a little red, mild acid, is a very good cider-fruit Marygold fpice-apple ; yellow r ground, light brown 

 about theftem, highly and beautifully tinged with pink, mild acid, of a fpicey relifli, makes excellent 

 cider of a delicious flavour ; it is a delicate fruit alfo for the table, and keeps long. Ludbrook red- 

 ftreak ; yellow ground finely tinged with pink, finart acid, and makes excellent cider ; the tree fubjeft 

 to canker. Green Cornifh ; yellow with green ground lightly tinged with red of a mild acid flavour, 

 early ripe, and makes good, ckler. Butter-box ; yellowifli green, tinged^with light red, mild acid 

 makes pleafant but not lafting cider. Red Cornifh; red nearly all over, of a mild acid, makes good 

 cider. Broad-nofed pippin ; large, rich yellow, mild acid, makes pleafant but not ftrong cider. 



