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MY GARDEN. 



ought to be allowed to grow freely. Then the Melon Apple (fig. 1 

 235) comes into use, a fruit of delicate texture from America, 



FIG. 234. Cornish 

 Gilliflower. 



FIG. 235. Melon 

 Apple. 



FIG. 236. Cox's Orange 

 Pippin. 



FIG. 237. Golden 

 Pippin. 



together with Cox's Orange Pippin (fig. 236), an apple of the highest 

 quality, which should be grown in quantity, and the little Golden 

 Pippin (fig. 237) of ancient celebrity. Horticulturists speak of this 

 apple as a fruit of the past, but in my garden it fruits freely on small 



FIG. 238. Court or FIG. 239. Coe's Golden FIG. 240. Court-pendu FIG. 241. Mannington's 



Wick. Drop. Plat. Pearmain. 



trees worked on the Paradise stock. The latter part of December 

 adds to our list the Court of Wick Pippin (fig. 238), Coe's Golden 

 Drop (fig. 239), and Court-pendu Plat (fig. 240), all valuable for 

 their property of keeping till spring. 



About this time we have Mannington's Pearmain (fig. 241), which 

 is a very fine apple ; and the Northern Spy (fig. 242), which has the 



FIG 242. Northern Spy. FIG. 243. American Newtovvn FIG. 244. Reinette 01 FIG. 245. Golden 



Pippin. Canada. Harvey. 



delicate texture of other American apples. This apple attains to 

 great perfection and beauty in the orchard-house. 



.The Newtown Pippin (fig. 243) has not done well with me. When 



