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is of delicious flavour. As a rule it should not be eaten 

 much before Christmas, as in autumn the flesh is rather 

 hard, but it varies with the soil. Stiff or very poor ground 

 should be avoided for this splendid Apple. 



Ribston Pippin. Unexcelled in flavour, but a very 

 capricious sort, which cannot be relied upon in stiff soil or 

 poor ground. It requires a warm, well-drained, fertile, 

 loamy soil. 



King of the Pippins. A late bloomer which frequently 

 misses the late frosts that are disastrous in their effects on 

 other varieties. A variety, too, of excellent flavour and 

 good keeping qualities. But it is very subject to canker 

 except on the best of soils. 



Winter Queening. An old variety which makes a good 

 standard, is hardy and thrives on heavy land. The quality 

 is not of the highest, but the variety is a very useful one. 

 A late bloomer and a good keeper. 



Jonathan. A beautiful Apple of good flavour and 

 bright colour. Keeps well. 



Sturmer Pippin. A long keeper of good, though not 

 superlative flavour. A free cropper. 



Baumann's Red Winter Reinette. An excellent Bear- 

 quick, cropping heavily on the young tree. The fruit 

 colours all over and can boast a good flavour without being 

 quite in the front rank. A good keeper. 



Roundway Magnum Bonum. A large, solid and heavy 

 Apple, a good bearer and a long keeper. Of good flavour, 

 and may be classed with Blenheim as a variety equally 

 useful for cooking and dessert. 



Court-Pendu-Pldt. One of the latest blooming of all 

 Apples and on that account rarely injured by frost. 

 One of the best keepers and of good flavour. A small 

 flat fruit with depressed eye. 



Duke of Devonshire, A small variety of entirely un- 



