148 MV GARDEN. 



In February and March we have, besides, the Duke of Devonshire 

 (fig. 253), a new apple, hardly as yet come into extensive cultivation, 

 but one which is manifestly an important late apple of high flavour. 



In April and May good apples are scarce, nevertheless the 

 Sturmer Pippin (fig. 254) is still in great perfection ; 

 it keeps perfectly till June, and is a thoroughly good 

 apple. Lastly, that too generally forgotten but ad- 

 mirable apple, Ord's apple (fig. 255), carries on our 

 ^'°' Appb.^"'^ dessert fruit till strawberries appear. Mr. Thompson 

 highly commended this apple ; Mr. Barron recommends it, and 

 yet it is rarely to be obtained at any nursery-ground. I have 

 ordered it several times, and have had an apple-tree of another 

 kind sent to me (an unpardonable offence, ' always to be severely 

 censured). The Horticultural Society can supply grafts, and Mr. 

 Lee of Hammersmith has trees for disposal. It is very desirable to 

 promote an extensive cultivation of this variety, which, however, 

 has the demerit of possessing neither beauty of form nor brightness 

 of colour to recommend it. 



Out of my extensive collection, I cannot recommend more than 

 the above for universal cultivation ; but no garden should be without 

 all or the greater part of those which I have described. 



The apples which should be cultivated in quantities are the 

 Devonshire Quarrenden, Ribston Pippin, Pitmaston Pineapple, Cox's 

 Orange Pippin, Braddick's Nonpareil, Old Nonpareil, Pearson's Plate, 

 Reinette du Canada, and Ord's Apple. 



All the apples, from the Ribston Pippin downwards, may be 

 kept with care till June, and therefore I have recorded the period of 

 ripening somewhat in the order in which the above-described kinds 

 have been fit for use with us ; but the time over which they may be 

 made to last will depend upon the care taken in their conservation, 

 as I have tasted most of the kinds, from the Ribston downwards, 

 in the month of May, and sometimes even in June. 



Other dessert apples which are cultivated in my garden are the 

 Astrachan, which is a handsome, good apple, ripening in August ; Ash- 



