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crops heavily, is of good appearance and has agreeable 

 flavour. One of the best. 



Ben's Red. A flat Apple coloured all over, an im- 

 proved Quarrenden. 



Charles Ross. One of a set of remarkable Apples raised 

 from crosses between Peasgood's Nonsuch and Cox's 

 Orange Pippin. An earlier and larger Apple than the 

 incomparable Cox's, it has much the same appearance 

 and something of the flavour. A free and early bearer as 

 a young bush. It should be eaten soon after it is gathered, 

 because it does not improve with keeping up to mid- 

 winter in the same way that Cox's does. 



Adams's Pearmain. A conical Apple of good appear- 

 ance and quality. 



Wm. Crump. A new variety raised from a cross be- 

 tween Cox's Orange Pippin and Worcester Pearmain, a 

 good variety. 



Rival. A variety of the same parentage as Chas. Ross, 

 and a highly promising one. On a good loamy soil it 

 is splendid. In shape it differs from Chas. Ross and Cox's, 

 being more conical, but it has a similar russety and mellow 

 appearance. 



The Houblon. Of the same parentage as Chas. Ross and 

 Rival, this resembles the former more than the latter. A 

 good variety. 



Coronation. A new Apple of remarkable beauty and 

 fair table quality, but soft and a poor keeper. 



Belle de Boskoop. A large, solid fruit of good flavour 

 and well suited for Christmas use, as it is a good keeper. 



King's Acre Pippin. An excellent Christmas variety, 

 a good cropper and of excellent flavour. 



Cox's Orange Pippin. The best all-round dessert 

 Apple, in spite of being a little capricious as to soil, for it 

 is a Bear-quick, crops abundantly, keeps till mid- winter and 



