1 8 THE FRUIT GARDEN 



shining, regularly oval, hoary beneath. Often of dessert quality, and one of the hand- 

 somest fruits grown. Forms a large spreading orchard tree and a wide bush on the 

 Paradise stock. Not suitable for cordons. Fertility moderate. 



Tower of Glamis (Bess Pool [of Kent], Carse o' Gowrie), Y^.—Skin, very 

 smooth and slightly greasy ; colour, bright canary yellow, with few brown dots ; flesh, 

 firm, juicy, and yellowish white ; stalk, set in a green basin ; flavour, sweet and brisk, 

 season, from October to December ; growth, stout, free, and spreading. Foliage 

 round, dark green, very broad and bold. A valuable sort for all methods of culture. 

 One of the heaviest bearers known. The fruits do not readily fall in windy weather. 

 Cooks well. Fertility excellent. This fruit varies considerably, and is often one-sided 

 and more conical than shown in the figure. 



Wagener, K. — Skin, smooth ; ground colour, bright yellow, and salmon red, striped 

 carmine and red ; flesh, crisp and juicy, whitish; stalk, very deeply set ; flavour, spicy 

 and quince-like ; season, April to June ; growth, compact, sturdy, and full of spurs. 

 Foliage, bright green, shining ; wood, nut-brown. From America. One of our best late 

 garden sorts ; fruits can be left on the tree till November, and keep firm to the last. 

 Although little known, such a valuable bearer is worthy of note, even in a hundred. 

 Fertility remarkable. 



Waltham Abbey Seedling (Dr. Harvey), K., T. — Skin, smooth ; colour, rich 

 yellow ; flesh, very tender, white and mealy ; flavour, sweet, rich, and pleasant ; season, 

 November and December ; growth, compact and twiggy. A valuable orchard fruit tree, 

 which is a regular bearer when once the tree is of good size and age, but not suitable for 

 garden culture, as severe pruning removes the fruit-spurs. A favourite dessert fruit 

 with many. A splendid baking sort, which does not "fall" in cooking. 



Warner's King (D. T. Fish, Irish Giant, King), K.—Skin, smooth and dry ; 

 colour, greenish yellow, rarely with scarlet flush ; fl^sh, soft and white ; stalk, set in a 

 russet basin ; flavour, sub-acid ; season, October and November ; growth, vigorous, 

 spreading ; foliage, very large, reflexed. This is the largest apple grown, and has scaled 

 33 ounces in Kent. A very valuable garden fruit for culture on the Paradise stock and 

 as a free bush, but its vigour makes it unfit for an espalier or cordon. As a market fruit 

 it sells freely ; it also cooks well. The tree is liable to canker in cold soils, and should 

 not be too severely pruned. Forms a spreading orchard tree. 



Wealthy, T., F.C.C. 1893. — Skin, smooth, slightly greasy ; ground colour, pale 

 orange striped round the eye with crimson, deepening in colour towards the base, where 

 it is striped with very dark crimson ; flesh, tender, creamy white ; flavour, rich and 

 sweet ; season, October and November ; growth, upright, spreading as it gets size. 

 Valuable for decoration alone, but esteemed by many for its tender flesh, and one of the 

 few American sorts that succeed well in Britain. Not suitable for orchard culture, 

 but most useful on the Paradise stock in all forms. Fertility excellent. The fruit 

 nearly always hangs downwards, and is therefore most highly coloured round the 

 stalk. 



Wellington (Dumelow's Seedling, Normanton Wonder), K. — Skin, smooth : 

 ground colour, creamy white and bronzy red, sometimes scarlet with crimson dots and 

 stripes and black specks ; flesh, firm and juicy, greenish white ; stalk, slightly russet, 

 frequently swollen ; flavour, slightly acid ; season, December to March ; growth, com- 

 pact, rather weeping, twiggy. Foliage, moderate in size, shining bright green ; shoots 

 much marked with silver dots and spots. The best apple for cooking ; the tree is not 

 quite hardy, and suffers during very severe frosts. From a garden tree on the Paradise 

 stock the fruit is much improved, but Newton Wonder and Bramley's Seedling are 

 preferable for orchard culture. Its market repute, however, is high. Bears well every 

 other year. A great favourite in the kitchen, as the flesh becomes nearly transparent 

 and has a refreshing acid flavour when cooked. 



White Nonpareil, T. — Skin, rough ; colour, greenish yellow, almost covered with 

 dull cinnamon russet ; flesh, leathery, greenish white ; flavour, sweet and aromatic ; 

 season, December and January ; growth, neat and compact. A valuable garden fruit for 

 culture on the Paradise stock ; bears freely in any form. 



