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PBAGTIGAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS 



APPLE 



*Mfere de Manage. — A handsome 

 cooking Apple fit for use from October 

 to March. Fruit very large, sometimes 

 enormous, romidiah ovoid or conical, 

 prominently ribbed and ridged round the 

 eye, bronzy-red, streaked with deeper red 

 all over, except a little on the shaded side, 

 which is yellow. 



The tree makes a good bush or 

 pyramid, and is a good cropper. 



Mr. Gladstone. — A sweet juicy and 

 well-flavoured eating Apple ripe in 

 August and best eaten from the tree as 

 the fruits do not keep long. Fruit small 

 flattish and regular, dull red heavily 

 streaked with dark crimson except where 

 shaded, when the colour is yellowish. 



The tree forms a small pyramid and 

 succeeds as a standard. Useful for 

 orchards and market gardens. 



*Mrs. Barron. — A fine cooking Apple 

 in use from October to February. Fruit 

 very large, oblong, angular, pale yellow, 

 flushed on the side next the sun. 



The tree flourishes on the Crab or 

 Paradise stock as a pyramid or standard 

 and bears well. 



*Nelson Codlin. — An excellent cook- 

 ing Apple in use from September to 

 January. Fruit large, conical or oblong, 

 greenish-yellow speckled with russet, but 

 deep yellow on the sunny side, covered 

 with large dark spots ringed with 

 crimson. 



The tree is a vigorous and health^' 

 grower and bears freely as a pyramid or 

 standard. 



*New Hawthornden. — A handsome 

 cooking Apple in use from September to 

 the end of October. It resembles the 

 old Hawthornden (p. 1053) in form and 

 colour though much larger, but must not 

 be confused with Winter Hawthornden 

 (p. 1058). Fruit large, flattish, bluntly 

 ribbed and ridged roimd the eye, pale 

 green, changing to pale lemon-yellow 

 with ripeness, and sparingly dotted with 

 russet. 



The trees bear abundantly when 

 young, but the fruit will not last beyond 

 October, after which it becomes attacked 

 with fungoid specks. 



The Bed Hawthornden is the same as 

 Greenup's Pippin (p. 1053). 



*New Northern Greening. — A hand- 

 some cooking Apple in use from Novem- 

 ber to May. Fruit medium, roundish 

 ovoid, green streaked with red. 



*Newton Wonder. — A valuable cook- 



ing Apple, keeping well from November 

 to March or longer. Fruit large. 



'Northern Greening.— A fine cooking 

 Apple with a brisk and somewhat vinous 

 flavour, in use from November to April 

 or May. Fruit medium, roundish ovoid, 

 beautiful grassy green in the shade, and 

 dull brownish-red with deeper red and 

 broken stripes on the side next the sun. 



The tree is a sturdy vigorous grower, 

 and bears heavy crops as a j^amid or 

 standard. 



Peasgood's Nonesuch. — A remarkably 

 fine Apple suitable either for cooking or 

 dessert, and in use from September to 

 November. Fruit very large and hand- 

 some, roundish, conical, greenish-yellow, 

 flushed with red and heavily streaked 

 with deep crimson on the sunny side. 



The tree grows well as a bush, 

 pyramid, or standard, and produces very 

 fair crops. Very popular. 



*Potts' Seedling. — An excellent cook- 

 ing Apple in use during September and 

 October, and often November. Fruit 

 large, oblong, angular, puckered and 

 ribbed round the eye, pale greenish- 

 yellow dotted with russet. 



The tree makes a medium - sized 

 pyramid. It also succeeds as a standard, 

 and bears freely. 



*Queen. — A very handsome and popu- 

 lar cooking Apple resembling Cox's 

 Pomona, but larger, and in use during 

 October and November. Fruit large, flat 

 and even, ribbed and 5-knobbed round 

 the eye, clear lemon-yellow, flushed with 

 bright crimson, and marked with streaks 

 and patches of deeper crimson, while the 

 deep hollow of the stalk is covered with 

 russet. 



The tree makes a fine pyramid or 

 standard and bears well. 



Reinette de Canada. — A fine juicy 

 Apple brisk and highly flavoured, and in 

 use from November to April for either 

 cooking or dessert purposes. Fruit large, 

 flattish, conical, distinctly ribbed, green- 

 ish-yellow, flushed with brown next the 

 sun, and densely dotted and veined with 

 russet. 



The tree naturally forms a spreading 

 bush, and in this form produces finer 

 fruit than on standards or pyramids. 



Ribston Pippin. — A splendid dessert 

 Apple, at its best during November and 

 December, but with careful storing can 

 be made to last till May. Fruit medium, 

 roundish and somewhat irregular in out- 



