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CASSELL'S POPUIiAK GARDENING. 



with, green; unevenly 

 ribbed ; flesh crisp, juicy, 

 rich, and sweet ; excellent 

 for eating, and also admir- 

 able for cooking ; needs 

 no sugar for culinary pur- 



Coe*s Golden Brop — this is 

 an improvement on the 

 old Golden Pippin, and is 

 cue of the most delicious 

 of desert Apples, coming 

 in for use from Novem- 

 ber to February. 



Cornish Aromatic — October 

 to JanuELFy. A firat-rate 

 dessert Apple ; large ; 

 yellow ana russet; red 

 next sun ; with, as its 

 name implies, a crisp, 

 aromatic flavour. 



BvTonshire Quarrenden — 

 August. One of the finest 

 and most beautiful of all 

 early dessert Apples, and 

 of such a deep crimson 

 colour that it often pene- 

 trates into its flesh, which 

 is cri^, sweet, and break- 

 ing with a flavour almost 

 unique among Apples. 



T nke of Devonshire — Feb- 

 ruary to June — one of the 

 latest and richest of 

 Apples. Greenish-yellow, 

 reddish on the sunny side, 

 veined with russet; h%hly 

 aromatic ; yellow flesh, 

 crisp, and slightly acid. 



Eaxly Harvest — July and 

 August. Befreshiiig, crisp, 

 juicy, and tender ; a weU- 

 known popular favourite. 



Early Nonpareil — Septem- 

 ber to Janimry. Rich, 

 juicy, tender ; greenish- 

 yellow, deep yellow when 

 ripe ; a most useful small 

 Apple. 



Golden Harvey, or Brandy 

 Apple— Becember to May. 

 Small; rough russet, oc- 

 casionally reddish next 

 the sun ; sub-acid, rich, 

 aromatic, firm ; oue of the 

 best for stewing iu sagoi' 

 whole for dessert. 



Golden Beiuette — Octob.r 

 to January. Ooe of tha 

 richest ajxd best; green- 

 ish-yellow ; richly fla- 

 voured, sweet. 



Golden Eusset— December 

 to March. A fine old 

 variety ; richly aromatic, 

 crisp, and sugary ; jratlaer 

 under medium size. 



L imb Abbey Pearmain — 

 December to May. One of 

 the iongest-keepinsr and 

 best ; skin yellowish- 

 orange, streaked with red 

 next the sim; flesh yel- 

 lowish-green, with that 

 rich, juicy, sweet, and 

 aromatic quality that 

 nearly always distin- 



sTuishes that coloured 

 flfcsh. 



Lodgemoor Nonpareil — 

 January to May, or even 

 . June. Small; rich, su- 

 gary, highJy aromatic. 



Mai^ — November to 

 March. Small, rich'y 

 perfumed, highly fla- 

 voured ; one of the finest 

 of Apples. 



Northern Spy — Becember 

 to May. Large, hand- 

 some; yellow, streaked 

 with crimson on the sunny 

 side ; richly aromatic, 

 white, tender, and sweet ; 

 one of the best of the 

 American Apples, which 

 thrives well in Britain. 



Old NonpareH, — January to 

 MJEiy. Highly flavoured, 

 crisp, juicy, and sweet. 



Oslin— one of the best and 

 niost aromatic of summer 

 Apples; a great bearer; 

 ripe in- August ; green, 

 c^nging to pale brown ; 

 flesh yellowish, firm, 

 crisp. 



Feaison's Plate — Becember 

 to March. Small; round- 

 ish; greenish-yellow, red 

 on the suuny side ; flavour 

 brisk, juicy, siigary. 



Pine Golden Pippin — Octo- 

 ber to Becember. This 

 is the richest flavoured of 

 all the Golden Pippin 

 strain ; flesh yellowish, 

 brisk, and highly per- 

 fumed. 



Red Astrachan — August, 

 September. Very • proli- 

 fic and showy ; one of the 

 best and most popular ; 

 almost wholly red; flesh 

 white and rich-flavoured. 



Sam Young — November to 

 March. A delicious Uttle 

 Apple ; bright yellow and 

 russet, red next the sun ; 

 richly flavoured, juicy, 

 and tender. 



Scarlet Pearmain — Septem- 

 ber to January. Much 

 like the Worcester Pear- 

 main; bright crimson next 

 the sun, with stripes of 

 deeper crimson ; flesh 

 white, streaked slightly 

 with pink, juicy ,and crisp. 



Summer Golden Pippin — 

 August. A first-rate early 

 Apple, with most of the 

 qualities of the Golden 

 Pippin. 



Sykehouse'a Busset — No- 

 vember to February. 

 Small ; richly flavoured. 



Wyken Pippin — Becember 

 to April. First-rate fla- 

 vour ; small ; pale green, 

 with orange on sunny 

 side ; flesh crisp, sweet, 

 tender, and juicy. 



Supplementary List of Kitchen Apples. 



Alexander (Emperor)— Sep- 

 tember to Becember. 

 Very large; greenish, 

 bright red on sonny side • 

 the flesh yellowiBh-white, 

 juicy, aromatic. 



Beauty of Kent - October to 

 February. Very lai^e ; 

 fli'st-rate ; greenish - yel- 

 low, rich red next the 

 sun ; crisp, tender, sweet, 

 and juicy. 



Bedfordshire Foundling — 

 November to March, 

 liaise, roundish, ribbed; 

 dark green, orange on 

 sunny side; flesh yellow- 

 ish, sub-acid. 



Bess Pool— Becember to 

 April. Excellent for either 

 kit-chen or dessert : lai^e ; 

 yellow, red- on side next 

 the sun ; rich, su^iry, 

 vinous, tender, and juicy. 



Brabant Bellefleur — No- 

 vember to April. Excel- 

 lent for culinary and tabie 

 purposes ; yellow, tinged 

 with brownish-red next 

 the sun ; flesh juicy, rich, 

 sub-acid. 



Butch Codlin — August, Sep- 

 tember. ■ A capital early 

 Apple. 



Forge — October to Feb* 

 ruaxy. Golden, with 

 crimson on sunny side; 

 yellowish - white flesh ; 

 tender, sweet, juicy, and 

 richly perfumed; a very 

 useful Apple. 



Gloria Mundi — October to 

 January. Vei7 lai^ ; 

 yellowish-green, slightly 

 tinged with red; flesh 

 pale, tender, and juicy. 



Gravenstein — October to 

 Becember. Large ; straw- 

 colour, red - streaked on 

 sonny side ; flesh pale 

 yellow ; aromatic ; suit- 

 able either for table or 

 dessert.. 



Hawthoraden, New, or 

 "Winter — Becember to 

 February. This fine large 

 Apple supersedes the 

 common Hawthomden, 

 ss it bears equaJly well, 

 keeps better, and the 

 fruit is larger ; green 

 fiesh, specially tender and 

 juicy, breaking. 



Hoary Morning— October to 

 December. This is one 

 of the lai-gest and best 

 kitchen Ax>ples; yellow, 

 splashed with red stripes, 

 covered with heavy bloom , 

 giving the appearance of 

 dew on the fruit ; hence 

 its name ; flesh yeJlovnsh- 

 white, sub - acid, brisk, 

 rich, and juicy. 



Jolly Beggar — August to 

 October. Pale yellow, 

 orange next the sun ; 

 flesh delicately white and 

 well flavoured ; very pro- 

 lific. 



Lewis's Incomparable— De- 

 cember to February. Kit- 

 chen or dessert ; large, 

 handsome ; faint y^low 

 and deep red; flesh yel- 

 lowish, crisp, juicy, ridti, 

 and unique flavour. 



London Pippin — October to 

 January. Yellow; flesh 

 yellowish, white ; very 

 pleasant flavour ; also 

 called Five-crowned Pip- 



pinfirom the prominence 

 of the flvB ridgcrs round 

 its sides. 



Hanks* Codlin— September 

 to November. Very ex- 

 cellent kitchen Apple ; 

 pale yellow, with a faint 

 blush of red next the sun ; 

 flesh yellowish - white, 

 shghtly perfumed; very 

 compact, crisp, and Arm. 



Mfere deM^nage— October to 



March. !Eted,_witb darker 



red overlaid ; flesh firm, 



juicy, slightly acid ; cooks 



. well. 



Norfolk Beaufln — November 

 ■ to July. Didl green, deep 

 red next the sun; flesh 

 greenish- white, crisp, 

 juicy, sub-acid. 



Norfolk Bearer — December 

 to February. Green, yel- 

 lowish-crimson on sunny 

 side; flesh crisp, tender, 

 with a sharp flavour. 



Northern Greening — No- 

 vember to April. Green , 

 brovraish-red on sunny 

 side ; flesh greenish, sharp 

 add ; a first-rate cooking 

 Apple. 



Omar Pasha — ^December to 

 April. Yellow, dotted with 

 russet ; flesh white, crisp, 

 sub-acid ; very excellent. 



Boundways* Magnum Bo- 

 num — Becember to April. 

 Lemon, with patches of 

 crimson ; flesh richly aro- 

 matic, ye'lowish-white. 



Eoxind Winter Nonsuch — 

 November to February. 

 Green, with patching of 

 deep red ; flesh yellow, 

 juicy, slightly acid. 



Boyal Busset — November 

 to May. Yellowish-greeu, 

 covered with russet; flesh 

 greenish - white ; richly 

 aromatic ; excellent for 

 stewing in sugai as de- 

 sert. 



Eymer— October to Decem- 

 ber. One of ijie finest 

 cooking and sauce Apples ; 

 yellow, rose, and deep 

 scarlet ; flesh yellow, sub- 

 acid, juic.t. 



Waltham Abbey Seedling- 

 September to January. 

 Large, handsome, and of 

 flrst-rate quality ; gene- 

 rally yellow ; flesh yellow, 

 sweet, tender, and richly 

 flavoured ; retaining ite 

 colour when cooked. 



"Warner's King— November 

 to February. This is 

 synonymous with D. T. 

 Pish and several others; 

 green, yellowish as it 

 ripens ; flesh crisp, ten- 

 der, juicy. 



"Winter Majelin — January 

 to May. Green, with 

 brownish - red next the 

 sun ; flesh greenish- white, 

 brisk, crisp, flrst-rate. 



Apples for Ornamental Effect.— Few trees 

 can excel the Apple in the graceful beauty of its 

 hahit, its profusion of delicate pink blossom, the 



