THE FRUIT GROWER S GUIDE. 



BEAUTY OF HANTS (Syn. : Cobham, and Pope's Apple). 

 Fruit conical, even, pale yellow, Hushed with 

 crimson ; flesh yellowish, tender, crisp, juicy, 

 rich. Very handsome, an early and good bearer, a 

 rival of Blenheim Orange. October to December. 



BOSTON RUSSET. Fruit conical or ovate, angular, 

 brownish yellow russet, tinged with brownish red ; 

 flesh yellowish white, juicy, sweet yet brisk. Good 

 bearer. January to April. 



BUCKINGHAM. Fruit oblong, greenish yellow streaked 

 with crimson ; flesh soft, juicy, brisk, sub-acid. 

 Very handsome. November and December. 



CARDINAL (or Peter the Great). Roundish, yellow, 

 flecked with red ; flesh tender, transparent, sweet 

 and sprightly. Very handsome and free bearing. 

 August and September. 



DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG. Round, angular, greenish 

 yellow, streaked with bright red ; flesh yellowish 

 white, firm, crisp, very juicy, brisk and refreshing. 

 Free bearer. September. 



DUTCH MIGNONNF. Fruit roundish, greenish yellow, 

 streaked red, russety; flesh yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, 

 rich, aromatic. Abundant bearer. December to 

 April. 



GASCOIGNE'S SEEDLING. Fruit oblong, pale yellow, 

 flushed and streaked with red, and covered with 

 grey bloom ; flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, rich. A 

 very attractive apple. November to January. 



HORMEAD PEARMAIN. Fruit conical, even, clear yellow, 

 strewn with brown russet ; flesh white, tender, very 

 juicy, and pleasantly sub-acid. Useful, and a good 

 bearer. October to March. 



HEREFORDSHIRE PEARMAIN (or Royal Pearmain). 



Fruit conical, slightly angular, greenish yellow, 

 brownish red, streaked ; flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, 

 juicy, sweet but brisk, perfumed. Free bearer. 

 November to March. 



LEMON PIPPIN. Fruit oval with fleshy knob, yellow, 

 streaked or flecked with russet ; flesh firm, crisp, 

 brisk. Good bearer. October to March. 



MABBOTT'S PEARMAIN. Fruit conical, orange yellow, 

 streaked with red, minutely spotted; flesh crisp, 

 juicy, brisk, sweet. A very handsome apple. 

 November to February. 



PENNINGTON'S SEEDLING. Fruit flat, yellowish green, 

 russety, tinged with brown ; flesh yellowish, fiim, 

 juicy, brisk, aromatic. December to April. 



RHODE ISLAND GREENING. Fruit round, angular, 

 palish green, very slightly tinged; flesh yellowish 

 or pale green, crisp, tender, juicy, rich but brisk, 

 aromatic. A first-rate apple, good bearer. Decem- 

 ber to April. 



STAMFORD PIPPIN. Fruit roundish or ovate, yellowish 

 green tinged with orange ; flesh yellowish, firm, 

 crisp, brisk, with a pleasing aroma. January to 

 April. 



WEALTHY. Fruit round, uniform, red ; flesh juicy, 

 with a rich, vinous flavour. An attractive and pro- 

 ductive American apple. October and November. 

 Probably more suitable for the south than the 

 northern counties. 



MIDSEASON AND LATE VARIETIES- 

 FRUIT MEDIUM TO LARGE. 



October to May. 



BAXTER'S PEARMAIN. Fruit oblong, slightly angular, 

 pale green, flushed and streaked with red, russety ; 

 flesh jellowish, firm, brisk, sweet but pleasantly 

 flavoured or sub-acid. A free and certain bearer. 

 November to March. 



BLENHEIM PIPPIN (or Blenheim Orange). Flat or 

 globular, orange, tinged with dull red, ai.d streaked 

 with deeper red, flesh yellow, crisp, juicy, iich, but 

 with a pleasing acidity. A popular apple, but 

 does not bear freely in a young state, and is gene- 

 rally a moderate cropper. November to Christmas. 



CALVILLE MALINGRE. Fruit round, angular, pale 

 yellow, with red flushed, streaked; flesh white, crisp ; 

 juicy, and vinous, pleasantly acid flavoured. A 

 very handsome apple, and one of those particularly 

 and peculiarly suited to invalids. A good bearer, 

 but requires a warm soil and situation. January 

 to April. 



Cox's POMONA. Fruit ovate, angular, greenish yellow, 

 flushed and streaked with red ;'flesh yellowish white, 

 tender but crisp, juicy, sweet, and perfumed. Octo- 

 ber and November. A beautiful apple. 



DOCTOR HARVEY. Fruit round, pale yellow, slightly 

 russeted ; flesh white, crisp, juicy, pleasant acidity, 

 perfumed. One of the oldest English apples ; good 

 and a great bearer. October to January. 



GRAVENSTEIN. Fruit round, flattened, pale waxen 

 yellow, streaked and dotted with crimson, and a 

 flush of orange on the sun side ; flesh white, crisp, 

 rich, juicy, vinous, aromatic. A first-class German 

 apple. October to December. 



KING OF TOMKINS COUNTY. Fruit large, angular, 

 greenish yellow, streaked with red, and suffused 

 with pink ; flesh white or greenish, very tender, 

 juicy, brisk, and pleasantly flavoured. Very hand- 

 some and excellent, free bearing, and though an 

 American apple, succeeds admirably in this country 

 in good soil and situations. November to May. 



