Gardening for Amateurs 



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large Apple of pleasant flavour, a favourite 

 orchard variety, though suitable for the 

 garden when on the Paradise stock, Novem- 

 ber-December ; Christmas Pearmain, a hand- 

 some, well-coloured fruit of rather sharp 

 flavour, bears heavy crops. December ; 

 Claygate Pearmain. a very old Apple, yet 

 still worth growing, it is of brownish -green 

 colouring and of rich flavour, usually crops 

 well and is in season from December to 

 early March ; Court Peridu Plat, although 

 rather a small Apple, is of good flavour, 

 blooms late and often escapes spring frosts, 

 thus being known as the Wise Apple, Decem- 

 ber-January-February ; Cox's Orange Pippin, 

 the finest flavoured of all Apples, though, un- 

 fortunately, not a consistently heavy cropper, 

 November-December ; Fearn's Pippin, an 

 attractive little Apple of good flavour, bears 

 abundant crops, December-February ; James 

 Grieve, a handsome Apple of first-rate flavour, 

 somewhat similar to that of Cox's Orange 

 Pippin, the tree is more easily grown than 



that variety, September-October ; King of 

 the Pippins, a fruit of moderate size and 

 attractive colouring, flavour fairly good, it 

 bears heavy crops and is in season in Novem- 

 ber-December ; Mannington's Pearmain, an 

 excellent late variety (December-Januan~- 

 February) that deserves wider cultivation, 

 the colouring is bright and flavour excellent, 

 the tree gives a good crop ; Ribston Pippin, 

 a well-known variety of excellent flavour, 

 second only to Cox's Orange Pippin in this 

 respect, the tree needs a warm, well-drained 

 soil, otherwise it is often attacked by canker, 

 November -December ; St. Edmund's Pippin, 

 an Apple of moderate size, greenish-brown, 

 excellent flavour, bears freely, October ; 

 Wealthy, a handsome, highly-coloured fruit, 

 not very large, good flavour, grows and crops 

 satisfactorily, October - November ; Wor- 

 cester Pearmain, a pretty and popular Apple 

 of fair flavour, the tree is a heavy cropper, 

 September-October. 



Cooking. The following reliable varieties 



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An espalier Apple tree. 



