72 Commercial Gardening 



''market varieties"; the others are too close in the running to be left 

 without notice. They are not put in order of merit, but in the order in 

 which they mature for gathering. 



Mr. Gladstone* This Apple is included by Mr. Bunyard in his list 

 of 100 best Apples. On the Crab stock it forms a spreading tree with 

 vigorous growth. The fruit is of medium size; the colour, when ripe, 

 splashes of dark red laid over streaks of a lighter colour; the flesh is soft 

 and juicy, and the flavour brisk and spicy. It does well on the Paradise. 

 On light warm soil it is a good bearer and colours well. On strong land 

 it is a shy bearer, and does not colour quickly enough to escape birds 

 and wasps, which are marvellously fond of it. Its season is the last 

 week of July or the first of August. 



The Devonshire Quarrenden. This is the Apple which market people 

 will persist in calling " Quarantine ". It also is included in Mr. Bunyard's 

 list. Almost everyone knows this apple, with its dark claret colour, solid 

 flesh, and pleasantly acid flavour. The tree will grow in most soils, and 

 the apple will colour well, but he who would grow it with satisfaction 

 to himself should choose for it a sheltered situation and a light warm soil. 

 It makes a big tree, bears to a great age, and does not repay working 

 on the Paradise. The season for the marketman to gather it is the first 

 or second week in August. 



Lady Sudeley. This is another variety bearing Mr. Bunyard's badge 

 of respectability, indeed he calls it " the finest autumnal apple for dessert ". 

 It should be grown on the Paradise, on which stock it is a fairly good 

 bearer. The fruit is very handsome, yellow ground with red streaks; 

 the flesh is soft and tender; and the flavour, to quote Mr. Bunyard, 

 " unusually vinous and aromatic ". This is an apple that will test whether 

 or no the gatherer knew his work. The way not to gather an apple is 

 to nip it with the thumb and first two fingers, because thereby on apples 

 of a soft flesh the thumb arid fingers make prints plain enough for 

 criminal identification. The way to gather an apple is to grasp it gently 

 in the palm of the hand and give it a slight twist, when it will leave 

 the bough easily, carry its stalk with it, and bear no grudge against 

 the picker. The season for this apple is the third or fourth week of 

 August. 



Worcester Pearmain. This valuable market apple is degraded to 

 the culinary class by Mr. Wise; Mr. Bunyard, however, gives it a seat 

 in the upper house. It is said that the name " Pearmain " is a contraction 

 of Pyrus magnus, and has come to be applied to all pear-shaped apples. 

 This variety is admirably suited for planting where it is desired to have 

 alternate rows of Apples and Plums, because its compact upright habit 

 will allow of both rows having plenty of room if the Plum is of the 

 moderate habit of the Victoria. No other dessert apple possesses so many 

 of the characteristics desirable in a market apple. It will crop and colour 

 in almost any soil, it will stand gathering before it is ripe, stand a long 

 journey, and come to maturity off the tree. Everybody knows it, and 



