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excellent fauce apple, and bakes well, being of an agreeable 

 tafte, but too large for the table. It will keep till 

 February. 



The tranfparent apple, which was introduced from St. 

 Pcterfburg ; but it is more curious than ufeful : a tree or' 

 two, therefore, will be fuiTicient for a garden. It ripens in 

 September or Odlober. 



The Trevoider rennet, which is a fmall liandfomc ruffet- 

 coloured apple, of an excellent flavour, and will keep till 

 May. 



The white corpendu, which is a middle-fized long-fliaped 

 apple, of a yellowilh colour. It is a good eating apple, and 

 ripens in January. 



The ward apple, which is a beautiful flat-fhaped apple, 

 rather below the middle fize, of a fine red towards the eye, 

 and of a yellowifh-green towards the footftalk. It is a 

 fharp flavoured fruit, and keeps till June. 



The Wheeler's ruilot, which is of middling fi/.e, the flefli 

 firm, and of a quick acid flavour ; it is an excellent kitchen 

 fruit, and keeps long. It ripens in Oftober. 



The wine rulfet, which is a middle-/ized conical-fliaped 

 apple, of a dark ruflet colour, and fharp flavour. It keeps 

 till the latter end of April. 



The Wheeler's extreme, which refembles the pomme grife, 

 and is about the lize of a nonpareil. It is a flat-fliaped apple, 

 beautifully clouded with red on a yellowifti-ruflet ground ; 

 is of an excellent flavour, and keeps till April. 



The white muft, wTiich is a middle-fized handfome apple, 

 of a greenifli-ycllow colour, with a little red towards the 

 fun ; the flavour is rather tart, but agreeable. It is ripe 

 in January. 



The Whitmore pippin, which is a good-fized handfome 

 apple, (freaked with red towards the fun, and of a pale- 

 yellow on the other fide. It has firm flefli, of a tolerably 

 good flavour, and is in eating from November to the latter 

 end of April, or later. 



The Wiltfliire cat's-head, which is a large handfome apple, 

 red towards the fun, and green on the other fide. It is a 

 very fine baking apple, and of a good flavour, being ripe in 

 January. 



The winter pearmain, or Herefordfliire pearmain, which 

 is of a fine red next the fun, and ftriped with red on the 

 other fide ; the flefh is juicy, and ftews well. It is fit for 

 ufe in November, and, if properly managed, will keep till 

 the latter end of March. 



The winter pomroy, which is a pretty large conical- 

 (haped apple, of a dark-green colour, a little ftreaked with 

 red towards the fun. The coat is rather tough. It is a 

 good baking apple, keeping till January. 



The winter box apple, which is a middle-fized fruit, of a 

 light green colour, and keeps till February. 



The woodcock, which is a good-fized apple, of a dark 

 red next the fun, and paler, with a little mixture of yellow, 

 on the other fide. It is ripe in January, and keeps till 

 March, being a good cider apple. 



The Wright's nonpareil, which is a Salopian apple, 

 being a great bearer, of a good fize, and a little flatted. 

 It is a good kitchen apple, and keeps till June. The 

 tree is fmaller in fize than moft other apple-trees. 



The York (hire greening, which is a good-fized flatted 

 apple, of a dull-red colour, with a little green towards the 

 eye. It keeps till Augufl;, or often later. 



The forts of apples advifed for a fmall garden are the 

 following : the juneting, the golden pippins, the nonfuch, 

 the Ribllon pippin, the nonpareils, the queen's apple, the 

 Sykehoufe, the golden rennet, the aromatic pippin, the grey 

 Leadington, the fcarlet pearmain, the lemon pippin, the 



pomme grifc, the French crab, and dirterent forts of rufTetins 

 and codliiis, for baking. 



But there are other varieties and fub-varieties that may 

 be equally valuable with many of the above forts. 



Of the fixth fort there are the following varieties : the 

 pear quince, with oblong-ovate leaves, and an oblong fruit 

 lengthened at the bafe ; the apple quince, with ovate leavcg 

 and a rounder fruit ; the Portugal quince, with obovate 

 leaves, and an oblong fruit, which is more juicy and lefs 

 harfh than the others, and therefore the mod valuable. 



The quince is a very beautiful tree when in flower, as 

 well as when the fruit is ripe in the autumn, and was cul- 

 tivated in this country at an early period. According to 

 Mr. Forfytli, the belt fort for planting in the fruit-garden 

 is the Portugal, being the fitted for baking or dewing. It 

 is of a fine purple colour when drefled, and is much better 

 for marmalade than any of the other iorts. The oblong 

 kind, and the apple quince, are alfo planted in thefe fituations, 

 and other forts are employed in the (hrubberies for pro- 

 ducing variety. The above forts are likewife valuable for 

 mixing with apples in making pies, puddings, &c. as they 

 add a quicknefs to the flavour when flat. 



Melhrjd of Culture in the Pear Kind, — Thefe trees arc 

 raifed by grafting and budding upon any kinds of pear 

 docks ; occafionally upon quince docks ; and fometimes 

 upon white-thorn docks ; but the firlt fort are preferable 

 for general ufe to have large trees, and the fecond for 

 moderate growers. 



The numerous varieties of thefe trees having been fird acci- 

 dentally obtained from feed, and as thefe feedlings rarely 

 producethe fame forts again, the approved kinds are continued 

 and increafed only by grafting or budding upon docks raifed 

 from the kernels of the kinds jud mentioned. In order 

 to redrain the growth of thefe trees, white-thorn docks 

 have alio been ufed ; but thefe are not fo generally fuccefs- 

 ful, and are almod in total difufe in the nurferies : of courfe 

 pear docks are proper for general ufe, for principal large 

 trees, both for walls, efpaliers, and dandards ; and quince 

 docks for fmaller growths. For raifing the docks, the 

 Jeeds or kernels of the different forts fhould be fown in the 

 latter end of autumn, as November, or December, or early 

 in the fpring, in beds of light earth, covering them near an 

 inch deep ; they come up in the fpring : and in autumn, 

 winter, or fpring following, the drongeil fhould be planted 

 out in nurfery-rows to remain for grafting and budding, 

 for which, after havmg from one to two or three years' 

 growth, they will be of proper fize. 



The operations of grafting and budding fhould be per- 

 formed in the ufual method ; the former in the fpring, and 

 the latter in fummer. (See Grafting and Budding.) 

 For this purpofe the grafts and buds fhould be procured 

 from fuch trees as produce the fined fruit of the refpeftive 

 forts ; thofe defigned as dwarfs for walls, efpahers, or 

 ftandard-dwarfs, being grafted or budded near the bottom ; 

 and in thofe for half or full dandards, the docks may either 

 be previoufly trained up from three or four to feven or 

 eight feet high to form a dem, then grafted near the top, 

 or be grafted low in the dock, Hke the dwarfs, and the firfl 

 main flioot trained for a dem the above height : the grafted 

 trees, both dwarfs and dandards, fhoot the fame year, but 

 the budded ones not till the fpring after ; and when their 

 heads are two years old from the grafting and budding, they 

 may, if thought proper, be planted out for good, or remain 

 longer in the nurfery, as maybe found convenient. 



The dwarfs for walls, efpaliers, &c. whether they remain 



longer in the nurfery, or be tranfplanted at a year old into 



the garden, fhould have the firfl flioots from the graft or 



TO bud, 



