THE MODERN BEAR-QUICK APPLE 299 



the best for very light land. On the best Apple soils it is 

 somewhat soft. 



Potts's Seedling. One of the most pronounced quick- 

 bearers of them all, and a compact grower, therefore good 

 for a small garden. It is one of the best Apples for a 

 town garden. 



Bismarck. A quick bearer of the most determined 

 type, and likes a holding soil. It colours deeply and 

 generally carries an oleaginous covering on the skin. 

 Moderate flavour. 



Stirling Castle. The king of the Bear-quicks from the 

 point of view of mere precocity, and a good cooking Apple 

 too ; but not suited for poor or stiff soil. 



Ecklinville Seedling. A true Bear-quick, a heavy 

 cropper, and of excellent flavour. One of the best. 



Royal Jubilee. A long, narrowish, conical Apple, one 

 of the latest to start in spring, therefore rarely affected 

 by frost ; and one of the earliest to finish in autumn. A 

 heavy bearer. 



Lord Derby. One of the finest of all the autumn 

 cookers, a sure and heavy bearer of solid, conical fruit, 

 which colours pale yellow if left to ripen. 



Warner's King. A real Bear-quick, a flattish but heavy 

 fruit of good quality, makes a good small bush for the 

 confined garden. 



Byford Wonder. A variety of the Warner's King type, 

 and if anything better because more solid. A modern 

 sort of great merit. 



Norfolk Beauty. A splendid new October Apple, a 

 sure and heavy bearer in the young tree, and soon makes 

 a large head as a standard. 



King Edward VII. An improved form of the old Bear- 

 quick called Golden Noble, one of the best of the second- 

 class varieties. 



