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till March. Tree rather tender, and deser\'ing a 

 good situation, even in the south of England. 

 This has been by some called Gulden mundi. 



Russet, Pile's. — Colour dull green, covered with 

 pale-brownrusset, in terspersedwith greyish-white 

 dots on the shaded side ; dull olive mixed with 

 orange, intermixed with dots of darkish , russet 

 on the side next the sun ; size medium. In use 

 from October to March. Form roundish oblate ; 

 quality excellent. Tree healthy and vigorous, 

 and an excellent bearer. 



Russet, royal. — Colour, as the name of the sec- 

 tion implies, russety ; form conical ; size large ; 

 quality first-rate. In use from November till 

 May. Tree hardy, and an exceUeut bearer. 

 Synonym — Leathercoat. 



Rymer. — Colour pale green and red; form 

 roundish ; size large ; quality first-rate. In use 

 from December till April. Tree hardy, and an 

 excellent bearer. Synonyms — NewboUTsT^ukeof 

 York, Neiicbold's Admiral Duncan, Caldwell, 

 Green, gossings. A valuable apple, too little cul- 

 tivated. 



Sack and sugar. — Colour yellow ; form round- 

 ish ; size under medium ; quali ty good. In use dur- 

 ing August. Tree hardy, and an excellent bearer. 

 Stone pippin, Norfolk. — Colour pale gi'een and 

 yellow ; form oblong ; size medium ; quality 

 good, either for kitchen or table. In use from 

 November till July. Tree hardy, and an abuu- 

 daut bearer, and valued for its long keeping. 

 Synonyms — White stone pippin, Winter stone 

 pippin. White pippin. Often confounded with 

 the Gogar pippin, which is a superior table-fruit. 

 Stonyroyd pippin. — Colour yellow ; form 

 roundish ; size medium ; quality first-rate. In 

 use from January till April. Tree hardy, and 

 a good bearer. 



Striped beaufin. — Colour bright green, very 

 much marked with streaks and patches of deep 

 red, and thickly strewed with russety dots ; 

 form roundish, somewhat depressed ; size very 

 large. In use from October till May. Tree 

 very hardy, and a great bearer ; of Norfolk 

 origin. Appeared prior to 1794, and latterly 

 brought into notice by Mr Hogg. 



Strumer pippin. — Colour greenish yellow and 

 brown ; form conical ; size medium ; quality 

 first-rate. In use from February till June. 



Sugar-loaf pippin. — Colour green ; form ob- 

 long; size medium; quality first-rate. In use 

 in August ; one of our best early apples. Tree 

 hardy, and a good bearer. Known also as 

 Hatching's seedling. 



Superintendant. — Size large; quality good; an 

 abundant bearer, and one of the best culinary 

 apples in cultivation. In use during November 

 and January. 



Tarvey codtin. — Colour olive green, slightly 

 yellowish on the shaded side; yellowish red, 

 spotted with large red dots, next the sun ; form 

 conical ; size large. In use during November 

 and December. Quality good for a cold climate, 

 which is our principal reason for introducing it 

 here. It appears to be a seedling i?aised by the 

 •late Sir G. S. M'Kenzie of Coul, in Ross-shire, 

 from a seed of Manx codlin, impregnated with 

 some variety of nonpareil. 



Tower of Glammis.—Colour greenish yellow; 

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form conical ; size large ; quality firSt-rate. In 

 use from November till February. A Scotch 

 apple of very great merit. ■ Synonyms— io<e 

 Carse of Gowrie, Glammis Castle. 



Triumphante.— Size above medium; quality 

 excellent; form oblong; colour red; an excel- 

 lent bearer, and very beautiful fruit. In use 

 for the dessert or kitchen during November and 

 January. 



True yellow Settin. — Size large; quality excel- 

 lent; form somewhat flattened; colour yellow- 

 ish; a great bearer, and fit for the kitchen or 

 dessert from December to June. 

 , Wadhurst pippin. — Colour yellowish brown, 

 marked with red; form roundish; size large; 

 quality first-rate for culinary purposes. In use 

 from October till February. Tree hardy, and a 

 good bearer. 



Waltham Abbey seedling.— Colour yellow ; 

 form roundish; size large; quality first-rate for 

 culinary purposes. In use from September till 

 January. Tree hardy, and an excellent bearer ; 

 like the last, of English origin. Synonym — Dr 

 Harvey. 



Warner's Ung.— Size very large; quality ex- 

 cellent; in excellent condition for culinary pur- 

 poses from December to April. 



Winter majetin. — Colour greenish brown 

 striped with red; form roundish; size large; 

 quality first-rate. In use from January to May. 

 Tree hardy, and an excellent bearer. 



Wood's greening. — Colourgreen; form conical; 

 size medium ; quality good. In use from January 

 to May. Tree hardy, and a moderate bearer; 

 esteemed for its long keeping. 



Wormsley pippin. — Colour pale green; form 

 roundish; size medium; quality, for the table 

 or culinary purposes, first-rate. In use during 

 September and October. Tree hardy, and an 

 excellent bearer. Known also as Knight's codlin. 



Yorkshire greening. — Colour dark green ; form 

 oblate; size large; quahty first-rate. In use 

 from October till February. One of our most 

 esteemed English apples. Tree hardy, and, 

 when wrought on a paradise stock, inclined to 

 spread horizontally near the ground. 



APPLES FOR ORNAMENT OR PRESERVING. 



Lady apple. — Colour — ground colour at first 

 greenish, turning, when ripe, to hght lemon- 

 colour on one side, with brilliant deep red on the 

 other ; form round and flattened at both extremi- 

 ties ; size very small ; quality, valuable as an orna- 

 ment to the dessert through winter and spring, 

 and to the orchardist on account of the high 

 price obtained for it in Covent Garden market, 

 which is supplied largely with this fi-uit from 

 France and America, where it is now abun- 

 dantly grown. In use from December till May. 

 This beautiful little apple is of French origin, 

 but sufficiently hardy to ripen its fruit upon, 

 ordinary stone walls and espaliers in Scotland. 

 An abundant bearer, producing its fruit in 

 bunches; tree subject to canker in cold soils. 

 Its synonyms are—Api Petit, Pomme d'Api, 

 Pomme Rose. Well adapted for pot culture when 

 wrought on the paradise stock. One of the 

 oldest apples in cultivation, and is asserted to 

 have been brought from the Peloponnesus to 



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