142 Encyclopaedia of Gardening 



FRUIT, APPLES continued. 



Worcester Pearmain 

 Allington Pippin 

 James Grieve 

 Belle de Boskoop 

 Cox's Orange Pippin 

 Christmas Pearmain 



The earliest varieties are put at the top of the lists and the latest at 

 the bottom. 



Baumann's Red Winter Reinette 

 Sturmer Pippin 

 Claygate Pearmain 

 Winter Queening 

 Duke of Devonshire 

 Roundway Magnum Bonum 



Newer Varieties worth trying. 



Cooking. 

 Red Victoria 

 Revd. W. Wilks 

 Byford Wonder 

 Beauty of Stoke 

 Norfolk Beauty 

 King Edward VII. 

 Crimson Bramley 



Dessert. 

 Ben's Red 

 Langley Pippin 

 Charles Ross 

 Winter Ribston 

 Wm. Crump 

 Rival 

 Coronation 



Those who have very light soil should plant Lord Suffield, King of 

 Tompkins County, and Bramley's Seedling. The last-named will 

 also thrive in heavy soil, and it may be accompanied on such a 

 medium by Lord Grosvenor, Lord Derby, and Newton Wonder. 

 The following should be omitted from strong-soil gardens: Stirling 

 Castle, Ecklinville, Warner's King, Wellington, and Lord Suffield, 

 as they are very liable to canker on such ground. Canker is perhaps 

 the most destructive of all Apple enemies. It rarely attacks 

 Bramley's Seedling, and Newton Wonder, Lord Grosvenor, and 

 Lane's Prince Albert are generally free. The disease is very preva- 

 lent on wet, stiff soils, but it is also severe on light, shallow ground, 

 and there are few places where it is not present. Varieties that 

 suffer from canker in the district should be avoided. When the 

 disease shows itself in the form of crinkly patches and bare pieces 

 of wood, the wounds should be pared clean and painted with tar. A 

 dressing of manure should be given. Black Scab. This affects the 

 shoots and fruit, causing dark patches and cracks. The remedy is 

 to spray with a pound of bluestone dissolved in 25 gallons of water 

 when the leaves are unfolding, repeating when the petals fall, and 

 again a fortnight later. Powdery mildew affects the young shoots, 

 covering the ends with a white meal. The remedy is % oz. of 

 fresh liver of sulphur (sulphide of potassium) dissolved in a gallon 

 of water, and sprayed on when the disease is seen. Brown spot 

 affects the fruit. Small brown dots are seen, which disfigure the 

 fruit, and, working into the flesh, cause decay. The remedy is 

 again liver of sulphur, at the strength just recommended, sprayed 

 on as soon as the spot appears. American blight causes white 

 fluffy patches on the branches and roots. The remedy is to syringe 

 or hose vigorously so as to force off the protecting fluff and expose 

 the brown aphis underneath, then to spray with a paraffin oil and 

 soft soap solution (see Paraffin oil). Sucker or Psylla : This is a 

 light green slender insect about an eighth of an inch long, which 



