Varieties for Small Gardens 



'stocks are used but, for small gardens, it is most 

 important that whatever the stock, only those 

 varieties of apples, pears, plums, or cherries which 

 bear regularly should be selected in this form ; and 

 the vigorous growing varieties should only be grown 

 on " free " stocks in larger gardens. 



The pruning and training of the half-standard is 

 very much the same as for "bush" trees, viz., 

 winter pruning for the first three or four years as in 

 Figs, i, 2, and 3, and a combination of summer and 

 winter priming in after years (see Chapter III.). 



(B) VARIETIES FOR SMALL GARDENS. 



(i.) BUSH APPLES WORKED ON THE NON-SUCH 

 PARADISE STOCK. 



* a, c, d, e, g, j, 1, n, p, q, s, t, u, v, w, x, z, will make 

 an excellent selection if a shorter list is desired, but the 

 complete list of varieties will provide apples nearly all the 

 year round. K. = Kitchen. D. = Dessert. 



* (a) Early Victoria. K. July-Aug. Pale yel- 

 low, cooks frothily. The best early cooking variety. 



(b) Red Victoria. K. Aug.-Sept. The most 

 highly-coloured cooking variety. 



* (c) Mr. Gladstone. D. July-Aug. The earliest 

 dessert apple. It should be eaten from the tree. 

 Very bright red. Often pecked by birds. 



* (d) Beauty of Bath. D. Aug. Firmer flesh 

 than " Gladstone." Beautifully spotted, crimson 

 and yellow. The best early dessert apple. 



* (e) Lord Suffield. K. Aug.-Sept. Pale yellow, 

 large, conical and of first-rate cooking quality. Does 

 badly on heavy soils. 



(f) Lord Grosvenor. K. Sept.-Oct. Similar to 

 the foregoing in season and quality, but will do well 

 on heavy soils. 



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