240 THE APPLE TREE. 



The Apple Tree is not entirely confined to the garden and 

 orchard, and in the early summer not a tew landscapes owe their 

 charm to the beauty of the Apple-blossom. 



In many a Kentish hop-garden the monotony of the bare poles 

 is broken bv the young Apple Trees planted here and there. Some- 

 times they are to be tound on the borders ot a wheat-field, where 

 their pink and white blends with the dazzling green of the young 

 blade. Or again, in the sad waste that was once a cottage-garden 

 some old gnarled tree lifts its clusters of blossom above the dock 

 and thistle which flourish beside the ruins of the homestead. 



THE APPLE TREE (Pyrus Malus). 



Authorities tell us that the Apple Tree is a native ot the British 

 Isles ; also that it grows wild in most parts of Europe, Asia Minor 

 and Persia, and that it is cultivated in all parts of the world where 

 it can be made to grow. Some 1,500 varieties ot the tree are 

 catalogued, and its culture has reached a climax in the production 

 in Colorado of a variety destitute of core or seeds. The varieties bear 

 fruits specially adapted for the table or for cooking, such as the 

 Golden Pippin, the Ribston Pippin, the Russett. Others are grown 

 tor cider, such as the Cherry Norman, Foxwhelp, Kingston Black, 

 Broad-leaved Norman. 



