EABDY FBUIT GARDEN 



APPLE 1053 



pale yellow streaked and flushed with 

 bright rose. The tree is a vigorous grower 

 and makes a good standard ; it is a good 

 cropper on the Paradise stock. 



Gloria Mundi {Belle Dubois). — A 

 handsome cooking Apple in use from 

 October to January. Fruit very large, 

 flattish, angled and ribbed round the eye, 

 pale yellowish-green dotted and patched 

 with delicate russet and faintly flushed 

 with red on the suiuiy side. 



It forms a large pyramid, and also 

 succeeds as a standard. 



*Golden Noble. — A very handsome 

 cooking Apple in use from September to 

 December. Fruit large, round and heavy, 

 clear bright golden-yellow, with a few 

 small reddish spots and patches of russet. 



It makes a medium-sized pyramid 

 and good standard, and usually bears 

 heavy crops especially on the Paradise 

 stock. The fruits are borne at the ends 

 of the shoots. 



^Golden Spire. — An excellent cooking 

 Apple in use from October to December. 

 Fruit medium, conical, ribbed round the 

 eye, pale yellow flushed or mottled with 

 orange and red on the side next the sun. 



The tree forms a medium - sized 

 pyramid and good standard and bears 

 abundantly. The shoots however have 

 rather a spindly habit. Owing to the 

 handsome appearance of the fruit this 

 variety is a great favourite with market 

 gardeners in some parts of the country. 



Gravenstein. — A fine dessert Apple in 

 use from October to December. Fruit 

 large, flat, angular, clear pale waxen 

 yellow, streaked and dotted with bright 

 crimson, intermixed with orange, on the 

 sunny side. 



The tree forms a large handsome 

 pyramid and is generally a good cropper 

 with a fine spicy flavour. 



*Greenup's Pippin {Yorhshire Beauty ; 

 Bed Hawthornden). — An excellent cook- 

 ing or dessert Apple with a sweet brisk 

 flavour, in use from October to December. 

 Fruit large, round, flattened, with a 

 prominent rib on one side, pale straw- 

 yellow tinged with green, but of a beauti- 

 ful bright red on the side next the sun, 

 and marked with patches of thin-delicate 

 russet. 



The tree is vigorous and healthy, not 

 very tall, but a heavy cropper and a good 

 market variety. Does well as a pyramid, 

 standard, or espalier on light soils. 



'Grenadier. — A fine handsome cooking 



Apple with a pleasant acid flavour and a 

 fine perfume ; in use during September 

 and October. Fruit large, roundish ovoid, 

 prominently and bluntly ribbed, of a 

 uniform yellowish-green colour, some- 

 what deeper in tone on the sunny side. 



The tree makes a medium - sized 

 pyramid and also succeeds as a standard, 

 having large and constant crops. 



Harvey's Wiltshire Defiance (Scor- 

 pion). — This handsome and excellent 

 cooking or dessert Apple, with a rich 

 sweet vinous flavour, is in use from the 

 end of October to January or February. 

 Fruit very large, flat, angular, fine deep 

 sulphur-yellow, of a deeper tint on the 

 sunny side and studded with minute 

 russety dots, with here and there irregu- 

 lar patches of russet. 



The tree forms a large pyramid and 

 succeeds as a standard. It is a good 

 market variety. 



* Hawthornden. — A first-class tender 

 and juicy cooking Apple in use from 

 October to Christmas. The fruit varies 

 considerably in size according to soil and 

 situation, but is usually above medium 

 size. It is roundish and flattened in 

 shape, sometimes with a prominent rib 

 on one side, greenish-yellow, flushed with 

 red on the smmy side, and generally 

 covered with a delicate bloom. 



It forms a small pyramid when fully 

 grown, and thrives in almost any part 

 of the kingdom. It is an early and 

 abundant cropper, but in cold heavy 

 soils is subject to canker and American 

 blight. 



*Hormead Pearmain. — An excellent 

 cooking Apple with a pleasant acid 

 flavour ; in use from October till March. 

 Fruit large and handsome, roundish, 

 conical, greenish-yellow, becoming quite 

 yellow when fully ripe, tinged with orange 

 on the sunny side, with traces of russet 

 here and there. 



Irish Peach. — A beautiful dessert 

 Apple with a very refreshing and agree- 

 able flavour. It is ripe the first week 

 in August and lasts during the month. 

 Fruit medium, flattish and slightly angled, 

 pale yellowish-green, flushed with dull 

 reddish-brovra and thickly dotted with 

 green on the shaded side, but bright red 

 mottled and speckled with yellow on the 

 sxmny side. 



This excellent summer Apple bears 

 abundantly at the ends of the shoots and 

 succeeds as a bush, pyramid, or half- 



