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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



Dessert: Allen's Everlasting, Beauty of Bath, Chatley's Kernel, 

 Cox's Orange Pippin (the finest dessert Apple in cultivation), 

 Early Peach (new), James Grieve, Lady Sudeley, King of the 



Pippins, Quarrenden, 

 Rosemary Russet, 

 Sturmer Pippin, and 

 Worcester Pearmain. 

 All the above will also 

 succeed on espalier or 

 other forms of trained 

 trees, and if well grown, 

 and the fruits are stored 

 in a suitable room, they 

 will afford a succession 

 of both culinary and 

 dessert Apples all the 

 year round. Any good 

 nurseryman's fruit cata- 

 logue will give par- 

 ticulars as to season of 

 ripening and description 

 Fig. 635.— Apple Golden Noble. of the size and colour 



of the fruit. 



The pruning of dwarf or restricted trees varies a little 

 according to the shape. Taking bush-trees first as the most 

 remunerative form, it is 

 important to lay a good 

 foundation by so regu- 

 lating the growth that 

 the lower branches are 

 strong, well and evenly 

 placed on all sides, and 

 sufficiently far apart for 

 light and air to pass 

 through. Any branches 

 crossing, rubbing, or grow- 

 ing inwards should be 

 promptly cut out. The 

 centre may be allowed to 

 be the highest part, but 

 no strictly formal shape is 

 either necessary or desir- 

 able. The chief object 

 ought to be to secure a 

 well - balanced head, not 

 congested in any part nor yet unnecessarily open, but just 

 sufficient to allow the sun to colour the fruit and ripen 

 the wood. 



Fig. 636.— Apple Stirling Castle. 



