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LATE APPLES FOR STORING 



Dessert Varieties 



Baumann's Red Reinette. 

 Barnack Beauty. 

 Christmas Pearmain. 

 Hormead Pearmain. 



Cooking Varieties 



Bismarck. 

 Alfriston. 



Bramley's Seedling. 

 Newton Wonder. 

 Lane's Prince Albert. 



CHAPTER XVII 

 CHOICE PEARS FOR BUSHES 



THE following varieties of Pears may be grown as bushes 

 on the Quince stock at 12 feet apart : 



Williams' Bon Chretien (September), * Dr. Jules Guyot 

 (September), * Petite Marguerite (September), Louise Bonne 

 of Jersey (October), Beurr< Van Geert (October), Confer- 

 ence (October), Durondeau (October), Doyenne" Boussoch 

 (October), Pitmaston Duchess (October), *Emile d'Heyst 

 (November), Doyenne" du Cornice (November), Fondante 

 Thirriot (November). 



In planting, care must be taken to place the junc- 

 tion of the Quince with the Pear 3 inches below the 

 soil, and the stronger growers should be alternated with 



* These are very compact growers, and can be planted 6 feet apart 



