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Yellow Ingestrie, with the third, fourth, and fifth 

 in the dessert list for dwarf trees. If three only 

 are wanted, choose Cox's Orange Pippin, Worcester 

 Pearmain, and King of the Pippins; if one, the 

 last named. 



Large Orchard Standards. For planting ten 

 yards apart, to be growing into profit while the dwarf 

 sorts are bearing, the choice falls on 1, Warner's 

 King; 2, Beauty of Kent; 3, Bramley's Seedling; 

 4, Mere de Menage ; 5, Annie Elizabeth ; 6, New 

 Northern Greening. If three only are desired, 

 the second, third, and sixth will give a long suc- 

 cession of valuable fruit. The old favourite, Blen- 

 heim Pippin, is not included, because half a genera- 

 tion at least must elapse before the trees prove 

 satisfactorily remunerative. 



The fourteen hundred varieties of Apples are now 

 reduced to twenty-eight, with the more rigid selec- 

 tion to less than half the number. In choosing, 

 consideration has been given to hardiness, produc- 

 tiveness, cheapness of the trees, and the quality of 

 the fruit. It is customary to evade the difficulty of 

 choosing a small number of varieties by naming 

 many. It is easy to select fifty, but not easy to 

 reduce by gradations in the manner adopted, with- 

 out including the varieties recommended. 



It is to be observed that while they will afford 



