THE APPLE 9 



with rosy markings ; flavour, spicy and unusually aromatic ; season, October to Dec- 

 ember ; growth, neat and compact, rather upright. A beautiful fruit for decoration, and 

 should be grown in every garden on the Paradise stock. 



Calville Rouge D'Hiver (Red Calville), K., A.M. — Skin, smooth ; ground colour, 

 olive green flushed with deep blood red and crimson ; flesh, very firm and pale green ; 

 season, April to May ; growth, twiggy, spreading. A grand sort for very late use, 

 worthy of planting against a west wall. When fully developed fit for dessert at its late 

 season. A good cooker also. The fruits must be left on the tree well into November. 

 Fertility remarkable, fruit requires thinning. 



Cardinal (Peter the Great), T., K., A.M. 1896. — Skin, dry and velvety; ground 

 colour, pale primrose with exquisite marblings of red and rose like a peach]; flesh, crisp, 

 very white and crystalline ; flavour, very sweet and pleasant ; season, August to Sep- 

 tember ; growth, upright, compact and full of spurs, never makes a large tree ; worthy of 

 culture in gardens for its beauty, bears abundantly ; one of the most beautiful apples, 

 carrying a bloom like a plum. 



Cellini Pippin (Selina), K. — Skin, smooth and greasy ; ground colour, pale green, 

 covered with silvery russet with red and crimson flecks and stripes ; flesh, very tender 

 and white ; stalk, set in a green starry basin ; flavour, pleasantly acid ; season, 

 August to October ; growth, free and rather upright. One of the best for a cottage 

 or villa garden ; seldom fails to bear. Apt to canker in cold soils on the Crab, 

 but trees worked on the Paradise stock are more healthy. Fertility abundant and 

 constant. 



Chelmsford Wonder, K., F.C.C. 1891. — Skin, smooth, slightly greasy ; ground 

 colour, pale lemon, pale bronze, with flecks of red ; flesh, very firm, juicy, pale primrose 

 colour ; flavour, pleasantly sub-acid ; season, December to February ; growth, upright, 

 compact. Valuable for orchard culture, for instance, where Wellington cankers. Keeps 

 firm to the last, a valuable sort for garden trees on the Paradise stock. Fertility 

 excellent. 



Christmas Pearmain, T. — Skin, rough and dry ; ground colour, bright orange, 

 marked with silvery specks and russet patches, dull crimson on sunny side, pale fruits 

 are faintly striped only ; flesh, crisp, pale primrose, green markings ; stalk, set in a 

 green slightly russet basin ; flavour, rich and pleasantly sub-acid ; season, November 

 to December ; growth, compact, full of spurs. A great bearer, forms a neat orchard 

 tree. Introduced for market sale, but it has proved suitable for dessert when grown 

 as a garden tree on the Paradise stock. Some of the fruits are knobby at the stalk and 

 egg-shaped. It bears in clusters, and requires thinning freely. 



Claygate Pearmain, T., A.M. 1901. — Skin, rough ; groundcolour, greenish yellow, 

 covered with patches of silvery cinnamon, russet, and russet dots, often with a bronzy 

 cheek ; flesh, half-tender, creamy, with green markings ; stalk, set in thin russet basin ; 

 flavour, very rich, first-class ; season, January to March ; growth, compact, spreading, 

 twiggy. Leaves downy underneath. Resembles Ribston Pippin, and is one of the 

 very best. Most suitable for garden culture in any form. Fertility excellent and regular. 

 The fruits are often much higher on one side, and always uneven and irregfular. 



Cockle's Pippin (Nutmeg), T. — Skin, usually smooth ; ground colour, orange 

 yellow, netted and spotted with thin cinnamon russet ; flesh, crisp, pale primrose ; 

 flavour, rich, sweet, and piquant ; season, November to February ; growth, compact 

 and twiggy. In ordinary seasons the fruit is of a russet colour, but in some years it 

 is often entirely green. One of the best for garden culture in any form on the 

 Paradise stock, forms a small orchard standard. Fruit requires thinning as it bears 

 in clusters of three and more. The fruit is often more pointed and smaller than in the 

 figure. 



Cornish Gilliflower (Gilliflower), T. — Skin, rough and dry ; ground colour, pale 

 orange, and bronzy red, striped with darker red ; flesh, tough, cream-coloured ; flavour, 

 sweet, rich, and aromatic ; season, October to January ; growth, pendulous and slender, 

 fruit produced at ends of branches. Its high flavour entitles it to a place in good 

 gardens, where it is best as a standard or half-standard, and if somewhat hard pruned 



