APPLE 



HABDY FBUIT GARDEN 



APPLE 1051 



pale brown russet. Fine aromatic 

 flavour. 



This variety grows freely but does not 

 attain a great height. It does well as a 

 standard. 



Cornish Aromatic. — An excellent 

 dessert Apple in use from October to 

 Christmas. Fruit medium, roundish 

 ovoid, distinctly ribbed with more or less 

 prominent ridges round the eye, yellow, 

 blotched with pale brown russet, but of a 

 beautiful bright red with deeper coloured 

 streaks, and russety patches and dots on 

 the side near the sun. 



In some localities this Apple does not 

 quite come up to others in flavour, 

 although the tree grows freely and bears 

 well — ^but apparently only on the Paradise 

 stock (p. 1045). 



Cornish Gilliflower.— This fine dessert 

 Apple is in use from November to April 

 or May, and is remarkable for its rich 

 aromatic flavour. Fruit medium, ovoid, 

 angular on the sides and ribbed round the 

 eye. Skin dull green on the shaded side, 

 but brownish-red with brighter red streaks 

 on the suimy side, parts of the surface 

 being marked with thin russet. 



The tree is a free but medium grower, 

 and unfortunately does not bear large 

 crops. The fruits are borne at the ends 

 of the previous year's shoots, a fact to be 

 borne in mind when pruning. It does 

 well on the Paradise stock and makes a 

 good standard tree, but is also suitable as 

 a bush or espalier. 



Court of Wick. — A fine dessert Apple 

 of rich and delicious flavour, iu use from 

 October to March. Fruit email, roundish 

 ovoid, clear yellow when fully ripe, tinged 

 with bright orange which sometimes 

 breaks out into faint red next the sun, 

 and freckled all over with russet. 



The tree attains a medium height, 

 grows vigorously and crops well, the fruits 

 on some soils becoming very highly 

 coloured. It succeeds well as a pyramid 

 or standard, and is rarely attacked by 

 blight or canker. On the Paradise stock 

 it produces larger fruit than on the Crab, 

 and often assumes a very straggling habit. 



Court Pendu Plat. — A handsome and 

 valuable dessert Apple in use from 

 Noveruber to April or May. Fruit 

 medium, flat, at first bright green on the 

 shaded side, becoming clear yellow as it 

 ripens, streaked and dotted with russet, 

 and entirely covered with deep rich red 

 next the sun. 



The tree is very hardy, small in growth, 

 and a heavy cropper. On the Paradise 

 stock it makes fine bushes and espaliers, 

 but also does well as a standard. It 

 flowers later than any other variety, and 

 the blossoms thus often escape being 

 injured by spring frosts. The fruit should 

 be allowed to hang on the tree as long as 

 possible, as if picked too soon it becomes 

 tough and indigestible. 



Cox's Orange Pippin. — This is the 

 finest eatmg Apple par excellence, and is 

 in use from October to February. Fruit 

 medium, roundish ovoid, even and regular 

 in outline, greenish-yellow, streaked with 

 red, but deep red on the side exposed to 

 the sun, crusted with patches and streaks 

 of grey russet. 



The tree is a medirun grower, forming 

 a well-shaped pyramid and producing 

 fruit freely when on the Paradise Stock. 

 It may be grown also as a standard, but 

 in many parts in cold heavy soil it does 

 not grow well and becomes affiicted with 

 canker (p. 1045). 



* Cox's Pomona. — A fine handsome 

 cooking Apple fit for use in October and 

 November. Fruit large, roundish or flat- 

 tened, angular, yellow, heavily streaked 

 with bright crimson, and where fully 

 exposed to the sun entirely crimson with 

 deeper crimson stripes and patches, but 

 russety in the hollow at the base. 



The tree forms a well-shaped pyramid 

 and bears large crops with great regularity. 

 The fruit may also be used as dessert. It 

 should be allowed to hang on the tree late. 



D'Arcy Spice (Baddow Pippin) A 



fine-flavoured, richly aromatic dessert 

 Apple, in use from November till April or 

 May. Fruit medium, round or slightly 

 flattened, prominently ribbed and ridged at 

 the crown. Skin deep lively green, becom- 

 ing yellowish-green when ripening, but 

 suffused with dull red changing to orange 

 on the side next the sun, the whole being 

 thinly coated and dotted with russet. 



The tree is dwarf in habit and is excel- 

 lent as a bush, but may also be grown as 

 a standard. 



Devonshire Quarrenden. — An excellent 

 dessert Apple ripe about the first week in 

 August, and lasting till the end of Sep- 

 tember. Fruit small, flat, smooth and 

 shining, deep purple red when fully 

 exposed to the sun. 



It is best on the Paradise stock, and 

 makes fine free-bearing bushes or pyra- 

 mids, or half standards. 



