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coloured ; flavour, sweet, brisk, and spicy ; season, February to April ; growth, free, 

 compact, with many spurs. Forms a pretty garden tree on the Paradise stock in all 

 forms, and a neat orchard standard ; free from canker. A valuable late fruit, keeps 

 firm, and is good enough for dessert. Fertility very good ; fruits must be thinned, or 

 they will be small. Some fruits are more conical than shown in the figure. 



Scarlet Nonpareil (Introduced 1700), T., A.M. 1900. — Skin, slightly rough ; 

 ground colour, dull yellow flushed with reddish brown, with white dots and patches of 

 thin russet ; flesh, pale primrose with faint green markings ; stalk, frequently swollen ; 

 flavour, very rich, sweet, and piquant ; season, January to April ; growth, compact, 

 upright and twiggy. Foliage long, narrow, green beneath ; wood, chocolate-coloured, 

 and with bright silver dots. One of the best garden apples for all forms of trees. 

 Some fruits are deeper than others. 



Seaton House (Niton House), K., T. — Skin, smooth and greasy; ground colour, 

 bright yellow striped with faint red ; flesh, tender, white ; stalk, set in starry russet basin; 

 flavour, pleasant ; season, October and November ; growth, compact, covered with 

 spurs ; fruit buds often form in the axils of the current year's growth. Most suitable as 

 a garden tree on Paradise stock in all forms. Bears most freely and regularly, and requires 

 thinning. A good sort for small gardens. Foliage bright green, narrow, sharply pointed. 

 Stirling Castle, K. — Skin, smooth and greasy ; colour, creamy white ; flesh, 

 tender, snowy white, crystalline ; flavour, sub-acid ; season, September and October ; 

 growth, compact. Weeps with the weight of fruit, and therefore not suitable as an 

 orchard standard. One of the best apples for small gardens as a bush or free pyramid. 

 It is a valuable market fruit, and pays for severe thinning. 7^?r^z7z'^ remarkable ; never 

 fails. The flowers of this variety are very handsome, and last a long time in beauty. 

 When the bronzy young foliage begins to appear, a lovely contrast results. 



Stone's Apple (Loddington Seedling), K., F.C.C. iZyj.—Skin, rough and greasy, 

 ground colour, greenish primrose with faint red stripes and markings ; flesh, firm, white ; 

 jflavour, rich, sweet and spicy ; season, September to December ; growth, sturdy and 

 spreading ; very full of spurs. This variety is very often grafted on old trees, and does 

 remarkably well. The fruit is very large, and can be sold from the tree or stored. On the 

 Paradise stock this apple forms most fruitful bushes ; it is one of the best dumpling apples, 

 and very good as a dessert fruit. Sometimes more pointed than shown in the figure. 



Striped Beaufin (Beefing), K., T. — Skin, slightly rough ; colour, greenish yellow 

 with flecks of russet round the eye, faint red on the sunny side, splashed deep crimson ; 

 flesh, firm, greenish white ; stalk, set in a russet basin ; flavour, rich and pleasant ; 

 season, November to February ; growth, very vigorous and spreading. Forms a large 

 orchard tree and a fruitful bush on the Paradise stock, but is not suitable as an espalier 

 or cordon, as the spurs are so far apart. Late in the season it is an excellent sort for 

 baking. Fertility moderate. 



Sturmer Pippin, T. — Skin, smooth ; ground colour, pea-green, frequently covered 

 with bronze on sunny side ; flesh, firm, greenish white ; stalk, set in a green and deep 

 depression ; flavour, brisk and piquantly spicy ; season, March to June ; growth, 

 compact and twiggy. One of the best late garden apples, and worthy of a wall in cool 

 climates. The fruits must be left on the trees well into November, or they shrivel when 

 stored and lose that crisp flavour which should be their characteristic. Fruits are so 

 freely produced as to require thinning. 



Summer Golden Pippin (Yellow Ingestrie), T. — Skin, smooth ; colour, entirely 

 orange yellow, faintly spotted ; flesh, tender, yellowish ; flavour, sweet and pleasant ; 

 season, September ; growth, slender and pendulous, very wiry. Foliage small, oval, 

 sharply pointed. Flowers very small and numerous, of a purer white than any other 

 variety. A valuable apple for the north, and a profitable market fruit. Fertility first- 

 class and constant. 



The Queen (Saltmarsh's Queen), K., F.C.C. \%ZQ.—Skin, smooth and slightly 

 greasy ; ground colour, greenish lemon with broad stripes of red and rosy-red ; flesh, 

 very tender, white ; stalk, set in a greenish basin ; flavour, sweet and pleasant ; 

 season, October to December ; growth, spreading and free. Foliage pale green, flat, 



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