74 Commercial Gardening 



Irish Peach (fig. 339). Many would consider a list of the market 

 varieties of the table apples incomplete without this one. It is an old 



variety, ripening in August. It makes 

 a good tree on the half-standard, and, 

 when established, bears well, but does 

 not come into bearing quickly. Its fault 

 is a liability to drop without any notice 

 just before it is decided to gather it. 



Duchess Favourite. This is an 

 apple much grown in Middlesex. It is 

 a medium-sized fruit, of bright-red colour 

 and pleasant flavour. The tree is a sure 

 bearer after it is twenty years old. The 



Fig. 339. -Apple. irtohPeaci,. (i .) fruit wil1 not colour if gathered before 



ripening; as soon as it is coloured it 



drops. The practice is to mulch the soil beneath the trees with litter 

 and let the fruit drop; this, however, will not do where Gooseberries are 

 planted as the under crop. 



Ribston Pippin. This old favourite still finds a place in some market 

 gardens on the Paradise stock, on which it crops fairly well on warm 

 lands, and keeps fairly free from canker. Its position has been quite 

 usurped by the Cox's Orange Pippin. 



Beauty of Bath. This little early Apple has been much boomed by 

 some tree raisers, and in consequence it has been planted by some market 

 growers. It is much to be doubted whether any of them will give it a 

 good character. If it would only bear enough fruit, its earliness, attrac- 

 tive appearance, and most acceptable flavour would make it a favourite. 



Golden Reinette. This is a valuable Apple for cold heavy soils 

 where hardly any other Apple will do. It is an "every other yearer". 

 On the Crab as a half-standard it makes a magnificent spreading healthy 

 tree, free from canker, and appears to be able to take care of itself 

 against any pest. It requires plenty of space. Its fruit ripens in 

 November, and will come to maturity after being gathered. It is some- 

 thing like the " King of the Pippins " in appearance and flavour. After 

 the first year or two the tree needs little pruning. [w. G. L.] 



Early Julyan. An early Apple found in many Middlesex market 

 gardens. It ripens at the end of July and early in August, the fruit 

 being of medium size, prominently ribbed from the eye to the base, and 

 pale yellowish in colour when ripe. Good for dessert or cooking. It 

 crops heavily, and is best as a bush. 



Blenheim (Orang-e) Pippin. When established, this fine cooking and 

 table apple may be relied on for cropping, and if afforded plenty of space, 

 established trees will yield anything from 4 to 20 bus. of fruit. This 

 is large, roundish, and regular in shape, yellow and streaked with red, 

 and of excellent flavour. Selected fruits fetch high prices. Season, 

 November to February. 



