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THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



HOAHY MORNING. Fruit roundish, flattened, angular, 

 yellowish, striped with bright crimson, and covered 

 with thin bloom ; flesh yellowish white, tinged red, 

 pleasantly acid. A beautiful apple, but not of high 

 quality. October to December. 



LODDINGTON SEEDLING. Fruit round, slightly angular, 

 pale green flushed with red ; flesh greenish yellow, 

 firm, very juicy, and briskly acid. Much grown in 

 Kent, especially grafted on trees of inferior varieties; 

 a good bearer. November to March. 



LORD DERBY. Fruit angular, greenish yellow; flesh 

 greenish white, tender, juicy, sub-acid. Large, 

 handsome and a good bearer, especially in the 

 south. October to December. 



MERE DE MENAGE. Fruit ovate, angular, reddish 

 bronze, streaked ; flesh greenish yellow, firm, crisp, 

 juicy, brisk, acid. A handsome solid apple of long 

 season, viz., October to March. 



NELSON CODLIN. Fruit conical, angular, greenish 

 yellow, greasy, dark spotted; flesh yellowish white; 

 tender, juicy, sugary. A fine Yorkshire apple, and 

 an abundant bearer. October to January. 



NEW HAWTHORNDEN. Fruit round or ovate, green- 

 ish yellow tinged with red ; flesh white, tender, 

 juicy, brisk, sub-acid. An early, great bearer, and 

 valuable apple. November to January. 



RUSSIAN TRANSPARENT. This has been exhibited at 

 the Royal Horticultural Society's shows under the 

 modern names of Scorpion and Wiltshire Defiance. 

 It was introduced from Moscow by General Bou- 

 cherett. Those names are incorrect. The fruit is 

 conical or ovate f grass green, dotted with bold 

 pale russet dots; flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, and 

 pleasantly sub-acid. A fine orchard standard apple 

 and productive as a bush when not closely pruned. 

 October to January. 



RYMER. Fruit roundish, flattened, angular, greenish 

 yellow flushed with deep red, faintly streaked and 

 dotted; flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, brisk, 

 acid. November to January or March. 



SANDRINGHAM. Fruit conical, yellow striped and 

 flushed with crimson ; flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, 

 rich but pleasantly sub-acid. A beautiful fruit, 

 and tree a very free bearer. October to March. 



SEATON HOUSE. Fruit round, flattened, pale green, 

 flushed and streaked with crimson ; flesh white, 

 tender, juicy, brisk, sprightly flavoured. A good 

 bearer. November to February or March. 



STIRLING CASTLE. Fruit round, flattened, greenish 

 yellow, flushed with red ; flesh white, tender, very 

 juicy, pleasantly sub-acid. A very free cropper, 

 excellent grown as dwarf bushes in small gardens. 

 September to November. 



THE QUEEN. Fruit flat, even, pale or greenish yellow, 

 streaked and slightly flushed with rose ; flesh white 

 or greenish white, crisp, tender, very juicy, brisk, 

 vinous, and pleasantly flavoured. A very handsome 

 apple, free bearing. October to December. 



TOM PUTT. Fruit round, angular, dark red, streaked ; 

 flesh yellowish, tinged with red, firm, juicy, sweet, 

 sub-acid. An esteemed Somersetshire apple, good 

 bearer. October to January. 



TOWER OF GLAMIS. Fruit conical, angular, pale green, 

 or yellowish flushed with rose and faintly streaked ; 

 flesh greenish white, crisp, juicy, sub-acid, perfumed. 

 An excellent Scotch apple and a great cropper. 

 October to January. 



TYLER'S KERNEL. Fruit conical, greenish yellow, 

 flushed with deep red ; flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, 

 brisk, sweet, sub-acid. A fine looking and good 

 Devonshire apple. November to February. 



WARNER'S KING. Fruit oval, flattened, pale greenish 

 yellow, russety dotted, and patched with pale brown 

 russet; flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy, briskly sub- 

 acid. One of the finest of apples, and a great bearer. 

 September to December. 



YORKSHIRE BEAUTY (or Greenup's Pippin). Fruit 

 round, flattened, angular, straw colour, tinged with 

 green, and flushed with bright red ; flesh yellowish 

 white, tender, very juicy, sweet but brisk, and 

 vinous. A very beautiful apple, a great and 

 certain bearer, and of better quality in the northern 

 than the southern counties. It is a Cumberland 

 apple, in season from October to December. 



YORKSHIRE GREENING. Fruit oblate, angular, dark 

 green, tinged with dull red, slightly streaked ; flesh 

 greenish white, firm, crisp, very juicy, brisk yet 

 pleasing acidity. A Yorkshire apple of excellent 

 quality for sauce. October to April. 



LATE VARIETIES FRUIT LARGE. 



January to May. 



ALFRISTON. Fruit roundish, angular, greenish yellow 

 tinged with orange, and veined with russet ; flesh 

 yellowish white, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, briskly 

 flavoured. A very fine apple, but only a moderate 

 bearer. November to April. 



ANNIE ELIZABETH. Fruit ovate or conical, angular, 

 pale green, bronze flushed, streaked with bright 

 crimson ; flesh white, firm, tender, solid, brisk, 

 sprightly sub-acid. A good grower and fair cropper. 

 December to March. 



BRAMLEY'S SEEDLING. Fruit flat, angular, green, or 

 greenish yellow, flushed and streaked with red ; flesh 



