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EXPLANATORY LIST OF SORTS. 



TABLE OR DESERT APPLES, 



Par. 21. Ribston Pippin ; this is one of the 

 most celebrated apples in cultivation, it is ripe 

 in October, and in the months of November 

 and December, it is considered by most supe- 

 rior in flavour to any apple at that season ; its 

 bloom is simple and by no means showy for the 

 shrubbery ; it is a general bearer, but will not 

 keep late, for if the fruit does not rot, it will 

 lose its juices and become insipid. It will also 

 make excellent sauce, but it is generally recom- 

 mended as one of the best table apples. 



Par. 22. Court of "Wyck Pippin ; this is a 

 very handsome small table, apple ; it is said to 

 be a seedling from the old golden pippin ; it 

 ripens in October, is a good bearer, and will 

 keep through the winter. 



Par. 23. Scarlet Nonpareil; this is a very 

 choice table apple, in high perfection at Christ- 

 mas, at which season it is not excelled by any 

 apple for beauty and flavour ; it is rather larger 

 than the old nonpareil, of very handsome form* 

 and if the fruit stands open to the sun, it will 

 turn of a beautiful scarlet ; it produces a prodigi- 

 ous quantity of bloom, and generally bears 

 well. 



