SMALL HOLDINGS 61 



fruit should be preferred, but to obtain 

 them from growers of high repute before 

 the best trees have been selected by 

 other buyers. Dwarfs are preferred to 

 standards, as they produce fruit much 

 earlier and are more easily pruned. 

 Spraying for the destruction of pests is 

 more thoroughly performed, and this should 

 be an annual job. The varieties chosen 

 should be restricted; it is less difficult to 

 sell a quantity of a few good varieties at 

 a remunerative price than a mixture of a 

 large number of varieties of various sizes, 

 some of which are dessert and others 

 cooking apples. There should be no 

 mixture of variety or size in a market 

 consignment. Among the best apples for 

 cooking are 'Golden Noble,' 'Peasgood's 

 Nonsuch,' 'Warner's King,' 'Ecklinville 

 Seedling,' 'Lord Suffield,' 'Prince Albert,' 

 and 'Early Victoria'; while for table 'Cox's 

 Orange Pippin,' 'King of the Pippins,* 

 'Ribston Pippin,' and 'Sturmer Pippin' 

 may be preferred. It is, however, well to 

 consult the most experienced gardeners in 

 the neighbourhood in which it is intended 

 to plant the trees, and to learn from them 

 whether either of the fruits selected fails to 



