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HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 



Much grown in Brabant, and introduced to 

 tbis country by the Messrs Booth of Hamburg. 

 Tree hardy, middle-sized, and an excellent 

 bearer. Synonyms — Glory of Flanders, Iron 

 apple. 



Blenheim pippin. — Colour yellow ; form roun d- 

 ish ; size large ; quality excellent both for table 

 and kitchen use. In use from November till 

 February. Of English origin, as the name im- 

 plies, where it is found to be an excellent bearer 

 and most valuable market fruit, both on accoimt 

 of its showy appearance and excellent quality. 

 Synonyms — Northwick pippin, Blenheim orange, 

 Woodstocic pippin. 



Buckland, Devonshire. — Colour pale yellow ; 

 form oblate ; medium size. In use from De- 

 cember till March. Quality first-rate, and an 

 excellent bearer. Known in the west of Eng- 

 land as Dredge's white lily, Buckland lily. White 

 lily. Rather delicate for the climate of Soot- 

 land. 



Burn's seedling. — Colour yellow, slightly 

 marked with russet, and red on the side next 

 the sun ; form roundish, flattened at the base, 

 sometimes inclining to conical ; size medium. 

 In use from October to January. Quality ex- 

 cellent for culinary purposes. Originated with 

 Mr Bum at Tottenham Park, Wiltshire. 



Cahille Blanche d'Ete. — Colour pale yellow; 

 form like all the Calvilles, having the angles or 

 ribs of the fruit particularly prominent; size 

 above medium. In use during August and Sep- 

 tember. An excellent kitchen apple, and most 

 extensively cultivated in France. Rather deli- 

 cate for our Scottish climate, although in good 

 situations we have seen it arrive at great perfec- 

 tion. The White CalviHe, in our British fruit- 

 catalogues, is the same fruit. A very old French 

 variety, mentioned in the " Jardinier Pran9ais" 

 so eai'ly as 1653. Distinguished from almost all 

 other apples by the large size of its foliage, being 

 often 44 inches long, and SJ broad. 



Galmlle Blanche d'Hiver. — Very similar to the 

 last — differing, however, from it, as its name 

 denotes, by being a winter instead of a summer 

 fruit, "in use from January till April. The 

 Calvilles are all of French origin, and extend in 

 varieties to about twenty described sorts, inclu- 

 sive of synonyms. The Calville form is pecu- 

 liar to the whole section, and the majority of 

 them are of a showy red colour, and the whole 

 possess a rather delicate consistency and agree- 

 able flavour. Of these the CalviUe malingre is 

 the best bearer, and, with the Calville Normande, 

 is in use from January till April ; while the Cal- 

 ville rouge d'ete and Calville rouge precoce are 

 in use during July and August. An excellent 

 bearer. Tree liable to canker in damp situa- 

 tions. Well adapted for dwarf standards, and, 

 when wrought upon the paradise stock, the 

 appearance of the fruit is much improved. 



Cambusnethan pippin. — Colour yellovrish red; 

 form oblate ; medium size. In use from Octo- 

 ber till January. Quahty first-rate, good bearer, 

 and exceedingly hardy. Originated in the parish 

 of Cambusnethan, near Wishaw, Lanarkshire. 

 Its synonyms are — Winter red streak. Watch 

 apple. 



Cat'a-head. — Colom- palo green ; form oblong; 



above medium size. In use from October till 

 January. Quality first-rate. Tree hardy, and a 

 moderate bearer. In England it is known as the 

 Costard and Coustard apple. 



Chalmers's Allan Bank seedling. — This is a 

 native of Scotland ; form roundish ; size and 

 quality first-rate. Tree hardy, and a good bearer. 

 It is stated in Messrs Lawson's descriptive list 

 as a dessert fruit. We think it, however, better 

 adapted for culinary purposes, and have found it 

 esteemed by the confectioners. In use from 

 December till May. 



Cillini. — Coloar greenish red; form oblate'; 

 above medium size. In use from October till 

 December. An excellent apple, much resem- 

 bling the Nonsuch, from which it is probable it 

 originated, in the pomological establishment of 

 Mr Leonard Phillips, of Vauxhall, who about 

 1814-20 paid great attention to the culture of 

 apples. 



Cobham. — Colour greenish red; form round- 

 ish ; above medium size. In use from Novem- 

 ber till January. An excellent kitchen and 

 table fruit, somewhat allied to the Itibstou 

 pippin. An excellent apple, and very hardy. Of 

 English origin. 



Cockpit. — Colour yellow ; form roundish ; 

 about medium size. In use from December to 

 March. Quality first-rate. A Yorkshire apple, 

 very hardy, and an excellent bearer. 



Codlin, Keswick. — Colour greenish yellow ; 

 form conical ; about the medium size. In use 

 during August and September. A Cumberland 

 apple of great merit, being very hardy ; a very 

 great bearer. Tree of moderate growth, being 

 fit for use almost before any other. The codlins 

 are all good kitclien apples ; but with the excep- 

 tion of the winter codlin, which keeps tiU Feb- 

 ruary, are of short duration. This latter is an 

 excellent bearer, and by far too little cultivated. 



Codlin, Carlisle.- — Colour pale yellow, slightly 

 specked with russet ; form ovate, irregular, and 

 angular at the sides ; size above medium. In 

 use from August to December. Q,uality of the 

 first order as a culinary fruit. Tree very hardy, 

 and a most abundant bearer. As it is of dwarf- 

 ish growth, it is well suited for small gardens. 

 Mr Hogg says, " It is a dwarf variety of the old 

 English codlin." 



Codlin, Manx. — Colour pale yellow ; form 

 conical ; quality first-rate. In use during August 

 and October. A very hardy variety, and great 

 bearer, without attaining the size of a large tree. 

 Supposed to have originated in the Isle of Man. 

 Synonyms — Irish codlin, Irish pitcher. Eve apple 

 of Scotland, Frith pippin. 



Dumelow's seedling. — Colour yellowish red ; 

 form roundish ; quality first-rate. In use from 

 November to March. Less liable to shrivel by 

 keeping than most others, and also retains its 

 flavour to the last. Synonyms— Wellington, 

 Duke of Wellington, Normanton wonder. 



De eighteen ounces. — Size very large ; quality 

 good ; form roundish ; colour greenish yellow ; a 

 remarkably handsome fruit and good bearer. 

 In use during December and January. 



Devonshire quarrenden. — Colour deep purplish 

 red, except where it is accidentally covered with 

 a leaf, and then it is of a delicate yellowish 



