APPLE 



HABDY FRUIT GARDEN 



1057 



line, with blunt and unequal angles, 

 greenish-yellow, changing to dull yellow 

 with age, streaked with pale red and deep 

 crimson next the sun, and usually russety 

 at the base. 



The tree forms a fine pyramid and 

 succeeds best on a dry warm soil of a 

 rather sandy nature. It is best on the 

 Paradise stock and should not be trans- 

 planted too often or grown in heavy cold 

 soils, where it usually becomes cankered. 

 A possible cure for canker in this variety 

 is to have the plants on their own roots 

 obtained by cuttings or layers. Where it 

 fails Margil is a good substitute. 



*Sandringhain. — A handsome cooking 

 Apple in use from December to April. 

 Fruit large, conical, slightly angular, 

 dark green at first, covered with a grey 

 bloom, afterwards yellow flushed and 

 striped with red. 



The tree bears well on the Paradise or 

 Crab stock (p. 1045). 



Scarlet Nonpareil. — An excellent 

 dessert Apple in use from January to 

 March. Fruit round and regular, yellow- 

 ish, streaked with pale red, but much 

 deeper and brighter in colour on the 

 side next the sun, and covered with 

 patches and specks of russet. 



The tree is slender in habit but hardy 

 and vigorous. It makes a good pyramid, 

 bush, or half standard, and is suitable for 

 orchards and small gardens. 



•Schoolmaster. — A fine cooking Apple 

 in use from December to March and 

 April. Fruit large, bluntly ribbed and 

 ridged, bright green changing to gTeenish- 

 yellow, flushed with red on the sunny 

 side, and covered all over vnth large 

 russety freckles. 



This is a good and constant ci-opper. 



•Small's Admirable. — An excellent 

 delicately perfumed cooking Apple fit for 

 use in November and December. Fruit 

 medium, roundish, ovoid and flattened, 

 bluntly angular on the sides, and of a 

 uniform lemon-yellow colour. 



The tree attains a medium size and 

 bears heavy crops as a bush or pyramid, 

 but also succeeds as a standard. 



•Stirling Castle. — An excellent juicy 

 cooking Apple in use dm-ing August and 

 September. Fruit large, round, flattish, 

 pale yellowish-green changmg to pale 

 straw-yellow when ripe. 



The tree makes a fine bush, also a 

 handsome pyramid and good standard 

 (although the growths are rather weak). 



and bears heavy crops with great 

 regularity. 



"Striped Beefing. — One of the hand- 

 somest and best of cooking Apples in use 

 from October to May. Fruit very large 

 round and flattened, obscurely ribbed, 

 bright green with broken streaks and 

 patches of deep red, and numerous russety 

 dots. 



The tree forms a fine pyramid and is 

 suitable for orchards. It is very hardy 

 and an excellent cropper. 



Sturmer Pippin. — A highly valuable 

 and delioiously flavoured dessert Apple, 

 fit for \ise from February to June. Fruit 

 below medium size, round, flattish, bright 

 green to yellowish-green, and almost 

 entirely covered with brown russet, the 

 side next the sun being often flushed with 

 dull red. 



The tree forms a medium - sized 

 pyramid. It is very hardy and a free 

 cropper. 



Summer (or Autumn) Pearmain. — An 

 excellent and highly perfumed Apple in 

 use during September and October and 

 fit fpr dessert or cooking purposes. Fruit 

 not up to medium size, conical, angular, 

 yellow, covered with streaks and patches 

 of red, mixed with silvery russet and 

 numerous russety dots. 



The tree has a fine upright habit and 

 makes a good standard. On the Paradise 

 stock it also does well as an espalier and 

 bush. 



*Tower of Glammis. — An excellent 

 fine-flavoured cooking Apple in use from 

 November to February. Fruit large, 

 conical, distinctly 4-angled, deep sulphur- 

 yeUow flushed vnth green and sparingly 

 dotted with russet. 



The tree makes a fine standard, 

 pyramid, or bush, and bears good crops 

 when well established; but it seems to 

 take several years to reach this stage. 

 It makes a good heavy market Apple. 



•Tyler's Kernel. — A handsome cook- 

 ing Apple in use from October to January. 

 Fruit large conical prominently angled, 

 brilliant red vrith darker red streaks, but 

 paler and tinged with green on the shaded 

 side. 



The tree grows well as a bush or 

 pyramid on either the Crab or Paradise 

 stock, and also succeeds as a standard. 



* Wadhurst Pippin An excellent 



cooking Apple with a crisp juicy flavour, 

 and fit for use from October to February. 

 Fruit large, ovoid, somewhat angular 



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