THE APPLE 13 



King's Acre Pippin, T., A.M. 1897. — Skin, rough ; ground colour, brownish 

 orange splashed with silvery russet over brownish red cheek ; flesh, tender, greenish 

 yellow z.-a& yxicy ; flavour, brisk, aromatic with a tinge of acidity ; season, March to 

 April ; growth, moderate and compact. A fine addition to late fruits. Suitable for 

 garden culture on the Paradise stock. Fertility good. 



King of the Pippins (B^ayton Hall, Golden Winter Pearmain, Pike's Pearmain, 

 Prince's Pippin, Winter Pearmain), T. — Skin, smooth ; ground colour, bright orange 

 marked with brownish red and crimson on sunny side ; flesh, mealy and tender, pale 

 primrose ; stalk, set in greenish basin ; flavour, pleasantly sweet ; season, October to 

 January ; growth, upright, compact, very full of spurs. A favourite market apple and a 

 great and constant bearer. Apt to canker on cold soils, though reliable on the Paradise 

 stock. Suitable for all sorts of training. There are a great many seedlings of this variety 

 in the country, and only the best forms should be cultivated. It is the custom in Kent 

 orchards to prune this sort heavily and feed liberally, which treatment it well repays 

 when the fruits are put on the October market. 



King of Tompkins County (Tompkins), T., K., A.M. \<:)oo.— Skin, smooth and 

 shining ; ground colo^^r, deep yellow covered with carmine red on sunny side, striped 

 with deeper carmine ; flesh, firm, creamy white ; stalk, set in an orange basin ; flavour, 

 very rich ; season, November to April ; growth, spreading ; foliage, dark green. One of 

 the best American sorts for culture in Britain. Fruit from trees on Paradise stock is 

 brilliantly coloured and first-class in flavour. May succeed as a standard in the best 

 soils and positions ; is worthy of a wall with a western aspect. 



Lady Henniker, T., K., F.C.C. 1873. — Skin, rough and harsh ; ground colour, pale 

 orange, coppery red, striped with deeper shade ; flesh, firm and mealy ; stalk, thin, set in 

 russet basin ; flavour, sweet, rich and vinous ; season, December ; growth, upright, 

 compact ; foliage, large, downy. A first-class fruit for home use. Makes a fine orchard 

 tree, and is one of the best sorts for Christmas dessert. Fertility moderate. 



Lady Sudeley, T., F.C.C. 1884. — Skin, rough ; groutid colour, pale orange striped 

 with deep red on coppery red ground, frequently bright crimson; flesh, very tender, 

 creamy-red under the skin ; flavour, unusually vinous and aromatic, highly perfumed ; 

 season, August and September, must be eaten from the tree ; growth, compact, inclined 

 to weep. The finest autumnal apple for dessert. Succeeds in all forms, and on 

 Paradise stock is remarkable for its lovely fruits. These lose flavour when stored, as all 

 early apples do. The tree should be closely pruned for a few years, and then only 

 partially cut back, as it bears on the points of the shoots. Fertility first-class. 



Lane's Prince Albert (Prince Albert), K., F.C.C. 18S1, introduced 1870. — Skin 

 smooth ; ground colour, primrose and green, rosy red on sunny side splashed with 

 deeper red ; flesh, crisp, greenish white ; stalk, set in a greenish basin ; flavour, briskly 

 sub-acid ; season, November to April ; growth, moderate, covered with fruit-spurs. One 

 of the most valuable apples, retaining its freshness to the last. Bears very freely, and 

 being of pendent growth is valuable for grafting on old trees. It does not make a stout 

 standard, but as a plantation tree on the Paradise stock it bears enormously. The branches 

 should be thinned and kept open. It is grand as a cordon, or in fact in any garden form. 



Lord Burghley, T., F.C.C. 1865. — Skin, rough; groundcolour, golden, flushed, 

 and slightly striped with deep bronzy red, covered with thin russet and whitish spots ; 

 flesh, firm and greenish ; stalk, set in russet basin ; flavour, sweet, rich, and aromatic ; 

 season, February and March ; growth, compact. The fruit is of grand flavour, and 

 one of the best late sorts for garden use. On the Paradise stock it makes a pretty 

 cordon. Fertility excellent. 



Lord Derby (London Major), K. — Skin, smooth ; colour, entirely bright yellow ; 

 flesh, tender, crystalline ; stalk, set in a greenish basin ; flavour, sweet and pleasant ; season, 

 November and December ; growth, upright, sturdy ; foliage, large and downy. One of the 

 most valuable market and garden fruits ; of excellent cooking quality, and when fully ripe 

 fair for dessert. Succeeds in all forms and makes a grand espalier and close, upright 

 standard. Fertility remarkable, it never fails to bear a fine crop. 



Lord GrOSVENOR, K. ; introduced 1875. — Skin, harsh, greasy ; colour, bright 



