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Select List of Kitchen Apples. 



thickly dotted with russety dots, splashes, and spots ; 

 ilcsh yellow, vinous, and highly flavoured. Five 

 ridges or angles proceed from the eye, right round 

 the Apple, until they are lost in the base, which 

 gives it a striking appearance. 



Dessert and Kitchen Apples.— But space 

 warns us to proceed from novelty, antiquity, and 

 curiosity to utility ; and hence we hasten to submit 

 iwo dozen each of dessert and kitchen Apples, selected 

 and proved by Mr. Carmichael, one of the best growlers 

 of fruit in the kingdom. 



Select List of 



American Mother — fruit 

 medium size ; skin goldeu- 

 yellow; sweet and juicy 

 and richly flavoured. 

 October. 



Boston Eusset — fruit me- 

 dium size,withthe flavour 

 of the Eibston Pippin ; a 

 fine dessert variety and 

 goo\ keeper. March. 



BrowQlee's Eusset — fruit 

 above medium size, juicy, 

 sweet, and highly fla- 

 voured ; an excellent late 

 variety. January to May. 



Claygate Pearmain — fruit 

 medium size ; richly fla- 

 voured ; an excellent 

 variety; the tre-^ bears 

 freely. November to 

 March. 



Cobhani — fruit large and 

 handsome, with a rich 

 and excellent flavour. 

 September to January. 



Cockle's Pippin— fru.it me- 

 dium size and richly fla- 

 voured, and highly aro- 

 matic. In use January to 

 April. 



Cornish Gilliflower — fruit 

 above medium size, juicy, 

 sugary, and higbly aro- 

 matic ; one of the best 

 dessert varieties ; the tree 

 is not a strong grower, 

 but bears freely on the 

 points of the shoots. No- 

 vember to March. 



Court Pendu Plat — fruit 

 medium size, hanilsome, 

 and excellent ; and an 

 abund ant bearer ani good 

 keeper. December to 

 May. 



Cox's Orauge Pippin — me- 

 dium size, very handsome, 

 and richly flavoured ; one 

 of the finest dessert, and 

 a great bearer. November 

 to February. 



Jetferson — medium size; 

 handsome; flesh tender 

 and richly flavoured ; a 

 ^fiue October sort. 



Kerry Pippin — below me- 

 dii\m size ; a flrst-rate 

 early sort ; the tree forms 

 a good pyrami aud great 

 bearer. In season Septem- 

 ^ber and October. 



King of the Pippins— me- 

 dium size ; very hand- 

 some ; a valuable sort and 



Dessert Apples. 



a great beai-er. In use 

 October to January. 



Lord Burghley. (See New 

 Varieties. ) 



Mannington's Pearmain — 

 mediiim size ; juicy, sweet, 

 and highly flavoured ; one 

 of the best late sorts. No- 

 vember to March. 



Newtown Pippin — above 

 medium size ; an Ameri- 

 can kind of great excel- 

 lence, but requires a wall 

 or warm situation. In i^se 

 January to May. 



EeiLctte du Canada— above 

 medium size ; haudsome 

 and excellent; a vahiable 

 sort, suitable for kitchen 

 or dessert. In us - JS'ovem- 

 ber to April. 



Eibston Pippin — medium 

 size ; a well-known and 

 much-valued kind. It 

 ought to have the protec- 

 tion of a wall to bring it to 

 perfection. In use October 

 to March. 



Eosemary Eusset — medium 

 size ; juicy, rich, and 

 highly ar<imatic flavour. 

 In use from Decembtr to 

 February. 



Scarlet Nonpareil — below 

 medium size; handsome 

 and well flavoured ; the 

 tree foriiis a fine pyrami'), 

 and is also au abundant 

 bearer. In use January to 

 March. 



Stvirmer Pippin — mediu m 

 size ; this is a very valu- 

 able )ate-keeping ki"d and 

 richly flavoured. In use 

 from February to June. 



"Washington — fruit large, 

 very handsome, rich, aro- 

 matic, and melting. In use 

 September and Octobi-r. 



Welford Park Nonsuch — 

 fruit medium size, hand- 

 some, ai d richly fla- 

 voured ; the tree forms a 

 fine pyramid, and bears 

 frefly. November. 



White Calville — fruit large, 

 very uneven inform ; flesh 

 white and delicate; a 

 valuable dessert and sauc^ 

 kiad ; the tree is tender 

 and requires a wall. Janu- 

 ary to March. 



Worcester Pearmaia — (al- 

 ready described ) . 



Alfriston — fruit very large ; 

 fle-h white aud briskly 

 acid ; the tree is a good 

 heart r and forms a hand- 

 some pyramid. In use 

 November to March. 



Annie E izabeth— fruit large 

 aiid firm ; flesh white ; an 

 excellent late kind, and 

 bears abundantly. lu use 

 till June. 



Baumann's Eed Eeinette — 

 fruit very large and hand- 

 some ; bright crimson on 

 exposed siae ; flesh firm 

 aud slightly acid ; a good 

 keeper, and bears abun- 

 dantly. 



Betty Geeson — fruit large ; 

 the tree is a great bearer, 

 and ought to be planted 

 extensively. In use No- 

 vember to April. 



B enheim Pippin — fruit 

 larg-i and ha .dsome; a 

 very valuable aud highly 

 esteemed sort, but a shy 

 bearer till the tree gets 

 old ; one of the best for 

 kitchen or dessert. No- 

 vember to FeLiruary. 



Cellini— fruit medium size ; 

 beautifully coloured an I 

 handsomely shaped ; it 

 bears abundantly ; a good 

 cuiinary and desstrt sort. 

 October and November. 



Cox's Pomona — fruit large ; 

 the tree forms a good pyra- 

 mid, and is a gi-eat ana con- 

 stant bearer. November. 



Duuif^iow's Seedling— fruit 

 iaige, -firm, and briskly 

 aci . ; one of the best culi- 

 nai y kinds ; the tree forms 

 a Lau 'some pyramid, and 

 is a great bearer and good 

 keeiter. In use November 

 to Ain-il. 



Ecklinville Seedling — frnit 

 large and handsome ; the 

 tree forms a good pyra- 

 mid, and is a great bearer. 

 In use durin Noveu.ber. 



Frogmore Prolific — fruit 

 large and handsome; flesh 

 v;liite, juicy ; tree vigo- 

 rous, and a prodigious 

 bearer ; it ought to be 

 grown extensively for pro- 

 fit, as it is a sure bt artr. 

 September to December. 



Golden Noble- fruit larg^, 

 exceedingly handsome iu 

 form ; the tree is a good 

 btarer. October and No- 

 vember. 



Adams' Pearmaiu — One of 

 the finest of this fine class; 

 pale lemon, red streaks 

 next the sun ; flesh richly 

 p-rfumed, ciii-p, sugary, 

 juif^y. In sna on fro n 

 December to March. 



Ash'iiead's Kernel — a'l ex- 

 cel' ent de5s-i't App'e. In 

 season from November to 

 Miy. Gi-eenish - ye.low, 

 ta ntd brown (n sunny 

 si e; saiall; richV fla- 

 voured. 



Grenadier — fruit large ; a 

 beautiful yellow colour 

 and ribbed ; a veiy valu- 

 able sort ; th. fruit comes 

 in immense clusters, and 

 a great beai-er ; this is one 

 of the best of the Cod ins. 

 Iti use from September ta 

 December. 



Hambledon DeuxAns — fruit 

 large; flesh white, firm, 

 an I. well flavoured ; it is 

 also an excellent keeper. 

 January to May. 



Lady Henniker — (already 

 described). 



Lord Derby — fruit very 

 large and good ; the tree 

 is a great t'earer. In use 

 November and December. 



Lord gufiield-fruit large; 

 flesh white, tender, and 

 brisk y flavoured ; the 

 tree is a great bearer, even 

 in a young state; a valu- 

 able early sort. August. 



Nelson Codlin — fruit large 

 and handsome, of first-rate 

 quality ; the tree is a 

 strong and vigorous 

 grower and a g< od bearer. 

 In use from September to 

 January. 



Ptasgood's Nonsuch— fruit 

 large and handsome ; extra 

 fine, and free -bearing. In 

 use from September to 

 November. 



Prince Albert. (See New 

 Varieties.) 



The Qneen (Saltmarsh's)— 

 fruit large and handsome ; 

 flesh tender. In use 

 during November. 



Small's AduiirabJe — fruit 

 medium size; the tree 

 forms a fine pyramid, and 

 bears fieely. November 

 and December. 



Stirling Castle — fruit me- 

 < ium size; a valuable 

 ( ar'y sort ; the tree is a 

 constant bearer- — hardly 

 ever fads in produi ing a 

 crop. In use September 

 an 1 October. 



Tower of Glammis — fruit 

 large, firm, ai d briskly 

 flavoured ; the tree is an 

 excellent bearer. Novem- 

 ber to February. 



WinterHawthornden —fruit 

 very large ; a first-rate 

 culinary variety, much 

 superior to the old Haw- 

 thorndeu. December and 

 January. 



Beach im well's — Deceuibtr 

 lo March. Small ; ye low 

 an I russet ; flesh rich and 

 sugary ; yei owish-whit-". 



Braddick's Noni)ai"eil- o e 

 of th^- finest ot this we'l- 

 known class of App'es. In 

 season from Di re., ber to 

 Ai'ril. Green, brownish- 

 red next the i-u ; high'y 

 aromatic, rich and >weet. 



Cu ville's B'anche d'Hiver— 

 January to May. Larg^ 

 a delicate ye low, ting ad 



Supplemextary List of Dessert Apples. 



