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season, January to March ; growth, sturdy and compact, large drooping foliage. Forms 

 a fine orchard tree and a fertile pyramid on the Paradise stock ; keeps sound for a long 

 time ; does well on gravelly soil. Fruits must be left on the tree well into November or 

 they shrivel. Of average fertility. 



Allen's Everlasting, T., F.C.C. igoi. — Skin, rough; ground colour, greenish 

 yellow covered with thin brown russet, coppery red on sunny side ; flesh, tender, yellowish 

 tinged with green ; flavour, brisk, aromatic, first-class ; season, April to May ; growth, 

 stout, upright, very full of spurs. Forms neat trees on the Paradise stock, and is a useful 

 garden variety in any form. Fruit should be left on the trees as late as November to be 

 perfect. A regular bearer. 



Allinxjton Pippin (South Lincolnshire Pippin), T., F.C.C. \Z<j\.—Skin, slightly 

 rough ; ground colour, yellow to primrose with scarlet flush, striped with deeper scarlet 

 with slight russet and russet spots ; flesh, firm, very pale primrose ; flavour, rich, excel- 

 lent, resembling Golden Reinette ; season, November to February ; growth, free, twiggy, 

 and full of fruit-spurs. Makes a neat orchard standard, and is most desirable on the 

 Paradise stock in any form. It bears so freely that it will require thinning, but not too 

 much or the fruits become too large for dessert. It is one of the most beautiful fruits 

 grown, and although only introduced in 1896 has already become popular. It is in 

 season longer than Cox's Orange Pippin, and may be considered as one of the finest 

 sorts sent out. Trees bear when one year old. The fruit is sometimes swollen near 

 the stalk, and often conical. 



Annie Elizabeth, T. or K., F.C.C. 1866. — 5y^z'«, smooth, shining; ground colour, bright 

 yellow suffused with salmon red and striped with deeper red, faint russet round the eye ; 

 flesh, very firm, crisp, and juicy, yellowish white ; stalk, very short, frequently knobby ; 

 Aavour, sweet and aromatic ; season, March-April ; growth, sturdy, upright, bold ; large 

 foliage. Succeeds near the sea, and the fruit does not fall in windy weather. Late in the 

 season it is fit for dessert. Fertility moderate. 



Baumann's Red Winter Reinette, T., F.C.C. \%^'i.—Skin, rough ; ground 

 colour, bright orange almost entirely covered with rich bronzy red ; flesh, white, half 

 tender ; stalk, set in thin russet basin ; flavour, sweet ; season, December to January ; 

 growth, sturdy, irregular, full of spurs. Forms a neat orchard tree, and bears regularly 

 and profusely, so much so as to pay for liberal thinning of the fruits. Suitable for all 

 forms of garden trees on the Paradise stock. The fruits are a beautiful colour, and 

 keep late. One of the very best for market culture on bush trees ; being so firm, it 

 reaches market in good condition. The R.H.S. certificate was granted to it as a market 

 fruit. 



Beauty of Bath, T., F.C.C. 1887. — Skin, rough, sometimes russety in places ; 

 ground colour, pale yellow with bright crimson cheek and white spots, very pretty ; flesh, 

 melting, greenish white ; flavour, pleasantly acid ; season, middle to end of July, 

 August ; growth, compact, full of spurs. Forms a neat orchard tree, and succeeds on 

 Paradise stock, and is amenable to any form of training. Ripens with Gladstone, and is 

 one of the earliest July fruits, and thus valuable for dessert purposes. It pays for liberal 

 treatment, and its colour is so bright that it fetches the best prices in the market. 



Beauty of Kent (Countess of Warwick, Seward of Worcester), K. or T., A.M. 

 igoi ; introduced about 1800. — Skin, smooth and dry ; ground colour, greenish yellow 

 covered with brownish red, striped with bright red ; flesh, tender, and nearly white ; 

 stalk, set in silvery russet basin ; flavour, sweet and slightly aromatic ; season, November 

 to January ; growth, vigorous and spreading, apt to droop ; foliage, large and curled. A 

 variety which is superb on warm soils under garden culture on the Paradise stock, but 

 loses quality in cold or uncongenial soils. Fertility moderate. 



Belle Pontoise, T. or K., F.C.C. 1902. — Skin, smooth and greasy ; ground 

 colour, greenish yellow shaded with bronzy crimson, striped and flecked with darker 

 crimson ; fl^sh, tender, very white, juicy ; stalk, set in russet basin \\ inches wide ; 

 flavour, pleasantly sub-acid ; season, December to April ; growth, vigorous ; foliage 

 very large. A grand variety for all purposes, sometimes very large, and always hand- 

 some and regular in outline. Fertility excellent. 



