THE APPLE. 



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- cured it from Yorkshire, and it has generally commanded the 



{ first prize for size at the great Horticultural shows. In its peculiar 

 dark green colour and form it differs from most other apples. 

 Warner's King (fig. 263) is another fine large apple, differing much 



|H ^^^^^^^^_, FIG. 265. Stirling; Castle. 



FIG. 263. Warner's King. 



FIG. 264. Gloria Mundi. 



in form from the others described. Gloria Mundi (fig. 264) is another 

 apple of enormous dimensions, measuring sometimes as much as 

 fourteen inches round. The Stirling Castle (fig. 265) is reputed to 

 be a fine apple : I have only lately had a tree, and so cannot speak 



FIG. 266. Winter Peach. 



FIG. 267. Blenheim Orange. 



FIG. 268 Gooseberry. 



decidedly of its merits. The Winter Peach is a valuable late keeping 



apple (fig. 266). For winter use there is no better apple than the 



Blenheim Orange (fig. 267). It is so good that it is considered by 



many persons to be a dessert fruit. Two or three 



trees may be beneficially grown of this kind. For 



late spring use the Gooseberry Pippin (fig. 268) is 



recommended ; it is valuable from its acidity and 



from its keeping qualities. Perhaps, however, the 



best of the late apples is the Wellington (fig. 269), F,G. 269. - Wellington. 



which keeps fairly till summer, and more than one tree should be 



cultivated of this kind. 



