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canary yellow ; flesh, melting and snow-white ; flavour, briskly acid ; season, August 

 and September ; growth, sturdy and compact, upright, a wonderful bearer in any form. 

 Thin freely as it fruits in clusters ; even if the crops are reduced by two or three pickings 

 the remaining fruits will be very large. A market apple of first quality, and valuable for 

 all garden purposes. 



Lord Suffield, K. — Skin, smooth, greasy ; colour, very pale primrose ; flesh, 

 melting, snowy white ; flavour, pleasantly sub-acid ; season, August and early Sep- 

 tember ; growth, moderate. Apt to canker as an orchard tree ; requires a warm, stony 

 soil ; one of the finest kitchen apples on the Paradise stock. The flowers are immense 

 and of a beautiful pale pink colour. 



Mannington's Pearmain, A.M. 1901. — Skin, rough; ground colour, pale green 

 marked with patches of russet, or brownish red marked with spots and striped deep 

 red ; flesh, tender and melting, pale cream marked with green ; stalk, set in greenish 

 russet basin ; flavour, rich and sugary ; season, November to February ; growth, compact 

 and twiggy. Forms a neat orchard standard, and as a garden tree on the Paradise 

 stock it adapts itself to all forms of training. Fertility good. 



M ARGIL, T. — Skin, slightly rough; ground colour, orange yellow, covered with 

 patches of russet, flushed crimson and striped deep crimson ; flesJi, fairly tender, greenish 

 white ; stalk, frequently knobby ; flavour, rich and spicy ; season, October and November ; 

 growth, compact, twiggy. A grand old fruit of small size, evidently one of the parents 

 of Cox's Orange Pippin. Grand on Paradise stock for garden use in all forms, and 

 makes a very compact standard. Fertility abundant and regular. 



Mere de Menage, K., T. — Skin, smooth ; ground colour, brownish orange almost 

 covered with deep bronzy red, striped with dark crimson ; fl^sh, tender, white with faint 

 green markings ; stalk, set in brown smooth basin, often swollen ; flavour, sweet and 

 aromatic ; season, December and January ; growth, free and spreading. Forms a noble 

 orchard tree, and bears freely when ten years old. Fruits from trees on the Paradise 

 stock are very large and handsome. Not suitable for a cordon or espalier, but best as a 

 free bush. Cooks and bakes well and has a fine flavour; slightly red-fleshed when 

 cooked. The fruit is often angular, and deeper than the figure. Fertility regular. 



Mother Apple, T. — Skin, slightly rough ; ground colour, bright yellow suffiised 

 with red, marked with crimson on the sunny side ; flesh, tender, milk-white with green 

 markings ; stalk, often ending in a knob and set in a russet basin ; flavour, very rich ; 

 season, October; growth, compact ; foliage, shining green. One of the richest flavoured 

 apples in its season ; even in the north, where it does not colour so brightly, it is yet of 

 excellent flavour. Makes a close standard, and adapts itself to all forms of garden trees 

 on the Paradise stock. Fertility excellent. The fruit is often more oval than in the 

 figure. 



Mr. Gladstone (Jackson's Seedling), T., F.C.C. 1883.— 5^2«, slightly rough, greasy 

 when ripe ; ground colour, greenish yellow, with dull red patches and marked with 

 broad streaks of deeper red ; fl^sh, tender, melting, greenish white ; stalk, often knobby ; 

 flavour, very brisk, spicy, and pleasant ; season, middle of July to end of August ; growth, 

 compact and twiggy. Forms a neat orchard tree, and adapts itself to all forms of garden 

 trees on the Paradise stock. The fruit figured is rather small ; it often has a knobbed 

 stalk, and is pointed. Fertility excellent. 



Mrs. Phillimore, T., A.M. 1899. — Skiji, dry and harsh ; colour, primrose and russet, 

 and almost covered with dull red ; flesh, greenish white, tender ; stalk, short ; flavour, 

 very sweet and pleasant, perhaps the sweetest apple grown ; season, November to 

 February ; growth, compact, upright, short-jointed, forming fine cordons and garden 

 trees on the Paradise stock. Very fertile, and quite an addition to winter dessert sorts. 



Newton Wonder (Pearson's Newton Wonder, Taylor's Newton Wonder), K., 

 F.C.C. 1887. — Skill, smooth and dry; ground colour, brownish yellow with patches of 

 russet, frequently crimson with black dots ; flesh, firm, greenish white with green veins ; 

 stalk, frequently swollen, set in a green basin ; flavour, pleasantly sub-acid ; season, 

 November to May ; growth, vigorous, spreading, with bold foliage. A most desirable 

 late sort ; forms grand orchard trees, spreading bushes or pyramids on the Paradise 



