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affected by canker than those on the Crab stock. Suitable for all forms of garden trees, 

 but it does not pay as an orchard fruit. Fertility moderate. This is a very valuable 

 fruit ; in the warm seasons of 1 899-1 900 many examples were entirely free from the 

 russet usually characteristic. The fruit is not always so irregular round the eye as 

 shown in the figure. 



Rosemary Russet, T. — Skin, slightly rough ; ground colour, yellow flushed with 

 rosy copper and entirely covered with netted russet ; flesh, leathery ; flavour, rich and 

 aromatic ; season, December to March ; growth, moderate, forms a neat orchard 

 standard and bears regularly. Garden trees succeed in all forms on the Paradise stock. 

 The flowers are very large, of a faint blush colour. 



Ross Nonpareil (Carey Pippin), T. — Skin, rough ; colour, yellow, almost entirely 

 hidden by a coat of thin russet and bronzy red, striped crimson ; flish, tender, nearly 

 white and mealy ; flavour, distinct, spicy, and rich ; season, October to December ; 

 growth, twiggy, weeping as a standard. One of the best garden sorts on the Paradise 

 stock ; succeeds in all forms. Fertility first-class ; requires some thinning, as the fruit 

 comes in clusters. 



ROUNDWAY Magnum Bonum, T., K., F.C.C. 1864. — Skin, slightly i:qi\x^; ground 

 colour, pale canary yellow, striped with red and bronzy red ; flesh, firm and white ; 

 flavour, rich and aromatic ; season, December to January ; growth, free and spreading, 

 with large downy foliage. One of the richest and best of all dessert apples. It forms 

 large orchard standards and fine bushes on the Paradise stock, but, because of its free 

 growth, is not so useful for cordons or espaliers. The fruits are apt to fall as they 

 develop. When ripe they are often immense and too large for dessert, but are of 

 splendid quality baked or in tarts, and the smaller fruits can be used for dessert. Its 

 good quality in a great measure compensates the grower for a small crop. Large 

 fruits are angular. 



Royal Jubilee, Graham's (Bunyard's Jubilee) ; introduced at Queen Victoria's 

 first jubilee, K. — Skin, dry and harsh, greasy after storing ; colour, bright golden ; 

 ■Hesh, tender, cream-coloured ; flavour, second-rate ; season, October to February ; 

 growth, sturdy and vigorous, wood nut-brown. Forms a compact orchard tree, but 

 grows slowly. Does well in the Midlands, but introduced as a market fruit, and, 

 because of its colour, sells well. Very free from canker, and blossoms so late that it 

 bears every year ; requires thinning, as the fruits are produced in clusters. 



Royal Late Cooking, K., T., A.M. 1896. — Skin, smooth and shining ; colour, 

 orange yellow marked with faint x\x%%ei ; flesh, firm and juicy, cream-coloured ; stalk, 

 set in greenish basin ; favour, rich and pleasant ; season, February and March ; 

 growth, free, rather spreading. Although described as a kitchen fruit, it is suitable for 

 dessert late in the season. It resembles very much both Bedfordshire Foundling and 

 Diamond Jubilee as certificated in March 1901. Suitable for bush or espalier culture, 

 but not for cordons. Fertility average. 



Sandringham, K., T., F.C.C. 1883. — Skin, smooth and dry ; ground colour, dull 

 yellow, brownish red flecked with crimson ; flesh, firm and juicy, greenish white ; stalk, 

 set in starry greenish russet basin ; flavour, pleasantly aromatic ; season, January to 

 March ; growth, upright and compact. A valuable late cooking sort, and useful also 

 for dessert at the end of its season. Forms a neat upright garden tree on the Paradise 

 stock, and a compact orchard standard. Fertility excellent. Smaller fruits are much 

 more conical than shown in the figure, and sometimes of uneven shape. The flowers 

 are a beautiful soft pink, shaded darker outside. 



St. Edmund's Pippin, T., F.C.C. 1875. — Skin, rough; ground colour, cinnamon 

 yellow almost entirely covered with russet, suffused with silvery russet ; jiesh, rather 

 leathery, faint buff-coloured ; flavour, very rich ; season, October and November ; 

 growth, compact and full of spurs. A very fine russet apple for autumn use ; does 

 best as a garden tree. The fruit is sometimes larger and flatter than shown in the 

 figure. 



Sanspareil, T., K., F.C.C. 1900. — Skin, smooth and dry; ground colour, lemon 

 yellow shaded rosy red, with carmine stripes and flecks ; flesh, firm, juicy, pale cream- 



