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CASSELL'S POPULAE GAEDEXIXG. 



■witli green; unevenly 

 ribbed ; flesh crisjD, juicy, 

 rich, and sweet : excellent 

 for eating, and also admir- 

 able for cooking ; needs 

 no sugar for culinary pur- 

 poses. 



Coe's G-olden Drop— this is 

 an improve in eut on the 

 old Golden Pippin, and is 

 oue of the most delicious 

 of desserfc Apples, <;oniing 

 in for use from Jvovem- 

 ber to February. 



Cornish Aromatic — October 

 to January. A first-rate 

 dessert Apple ; large ; 

 yellow ana russet ; red 

 next sun ; with, as its 

 name implies, a crisp, 

 aromatic flavour. 



DBvonshire Quarrenden — 

 August. One of the finest 

 and most beautiful of all 

 early dessert A^iples, and 

 of such a deep crimson 

 colour that it often pene- 

 trates into its flesh, which 

 is crisp, sweet, and break- 

 ing with a flavour almost 

 riiiique among Apples. 



T~ake of Devonshire— Feb- 

 ruary to June—one of the 

 latest and richest of 

 Apples. Greenish-yellow, 

 reddish on the sunny side, 

 veined Mith russet ; highly 

 aromatic ; yellow flesh, 

 crisp, and slightly acid. 



Early Harvest — July and 

 August. Eefreshing, crisj), 

 jiucy, and tender ; a weli- 

 kuown popular favoiu-ite. 



Early Nonpareil — Septem- 

 ber to Januai-y. Eich, 

 juicy, tender ; greenish- 

 yellow, deep yelfow when 

 ripe ; a most useful small 

 Ai^ple. 



Golden Harvey, or Brandy 

 Api^le— December to May. 

 Small; rough russet, oc- 

 casionallj' reddish next 

 the sun : sub-acid, rich, 

 nromatic, firm ; one of the 

 best for stewing in sugai' 

 whole for dessert. 



Golden Eeinette — October 

 to January. One of the 

 richest and best; green- 

 ish-yellow ; riclily fla- 

 voured, sweet. 



Golden Eusset — December 

 to March. A fine old 

 variety ; richly aromatic, 

 crisp, and sugarj- ; rather 

 under medium size. 



Lamb Abbey Pearmain — 

 December to May. One of 

 the longest-keeping and 

 best ; skin yellowish- 

 orange, streaked with red 

 next the sun ; flesh yel- 

 lowish-green, with that 

 rich, juicj', sweet, and 

 aromatic quality that 

 nearly always d i s t i n- 



STuishes that coloured 

 flesh. 



Lodgemoor ISTonpareil — 

 January to May, or even 

 June. Small ; rich, su- 

 gary, highly aromatic. 



Margil — November to 

 March. Small, richly 

 perfumed, highly fla- 

 voiu-ed ; one of the finest 

 of Apples. 



Northern Spy — December 

 to Ma}-. Large, hand- 

 some : yellow, streaked 

 with crimson on the sunny 

 side ; richly aromatic, 

 white, tender, and sweet ; 

 one of the best of the 

 American Apples, which 

 Thrives well in Britain. 



Old Nonpareil — January to 

 May. Highly flavoured, 

 crisp, juicy, and sweet. 



Oslin — one of the best and 

 most aromatic of summer 

 Apples ; a great bearer ; 

 ripe in August ; green, 

 changing to pale brown ; 

 flesh yellowish, firm, 

 crisp. 



Pearson's Plate— December 

 to March. Small; round- 

 ish : gi-eenish-yellow, red 

 on the suuny side ; flavour 

 brisk, juicy, sugary. 



Pine Golden Pippin — Octo- 

 ber to December. This 

 is the richest flavoured of 

 all the Golden Pippin 

 strain ; flesh yellowish, 

 brisk, and highly per- 

 fumed. 



Eed Astra chan — August, 

 September. Very proli- 

 fic and showj- ; one of the 

 best and most popular ; 

 almost wholly red ; flesh 

 white and rich-flavoured. 



Sam Young — November to 

 March. A delicious little 

 Apple ; bright yellow and 

 russet, red next the sun ; 

 richly flavoured, juicy, 

 and tender. 



Scarlet Pearmain — Septem- 

 ber to January. Much 

 like the Worcester Pear- 

 main ; bright crimson next 

 the sun, with stripes of 

 deeper crimson ; flesh 

 white, streaked slightly 

 with pink, jtucy,and crisp. 



Summer Golden Pippin- 

 August. A first-rate early 

 Api^le, with most of the 

 qualities of the Golden 

 Pippin. 



Sykehouse's Eusset — No- 

 vember to February. 

 Small ; richly flavoured. 



Wyken Pippin — December 

 to April. First-rate fla- 

 vour ; small : pale gi'een, 

 with orange on sunny 

 side ; fleslT crisp, sweet, 

 tender, and juicy. 



Supplementary List of Kitchen Apples, 



Bedfordshire Foundling — 

 November to March. 

 Large, roundish, ribbed ; 

 dark green, orange on 

 sunny side ; flesh yellow- 

 ish, sub-acid. 



Bess Pool — December to 

 April. Excellent for either 

 kitchen or dessert -. large ; 

 yellow, red on side next 

 the sun ; rich, siigary, 

 vinous, tender, and juicv. 



Brabant Bellefleiu- — No- 

 vember to April. Excel- 

 lent for culinary andtab^e 

 purposes ; yellotv, tinged 

 with brownish-red next 

 the sun ; flesh juicy, rich, 

 sub-acid. 



Dutch Codlin— August, Sep- 

 tember. A capital eai-ly 

 Apjjle. 



Forge — October to Feb- 

 ruary. Golden, with 

 crimson on sunny side ; 

 yellowish - white flesh ; 

 tender, sweet, juicy, and 

 richly perfumed ; a very 

 useful Apple. 



Gloria Mundi— October to 

 Janitary. Very large ; 

 yellowish-green, slightlj^ 

 tinged with red ; flesh 

 pale, tender, and juicy. 



Gravenstein — October to 

 December. Lai-ge ; straw- 

 colour, red - streaked on 

 suiuiy side ; flesh pale 

 yellow ; aromatic ; suit- 

 able either for table or 

 dessert. 



Hawthoniden, New, or 

 Winter — December to 

 Februarj". This fine large 

 Apple • supersedes the 

 common Hawthornden, 

 as it bears equally well, 

 keeps better, and the 

 fruit is larger ; green 

 flesh, specially tender and 

 juic}-, breaking. 



Hoary Morning — October to 

 December. This is one 

 of the largest and best 

 kitchen Apples ; yellow, 

 splashed with red stripes, 

 covered with heavy bloom , 

 giving the apj)earance of 

 dew on the fruit ; hence 

 its name : flesh ye.^lowish- 

 white, sub - acid, brisk, 

 rich, and juicy. 



Jolly Beggar — August to 

 October. Pale yellow, 

 orange next the sun ; 

 flesh delicately white and 

 well flavoiired : verv pro- 

 liflc. 



Lewis's Incomparable — De- 

 cember to February. Kit- 

 chen or dessert ; large, 

 handsome ; faint yellow 

 and deep red; flesh yel- 

 lowish, crisp, juicy, rich, 

 and unique flavour. 



London Pippin— October to 

 Jonuarj-. Yellow ; flesh 

 yellowish - white ; very 

 pleasant flavour ; also 

 called Five-crowned Pip- 



pin from the prominence 

 of the five ridgts round 

 its sides. 



Manks' Codlin— September 

 to November. Very ex- 

 cellent kitchen Apple ; 

 pale yellow, with a tainc 

 blush of red next the sun ; 

 flesh yellowish - white, 

 slightly perfumed; very 

 compact, crisp, and firm. 



Mire deMenage— October to 

 March. Eed, with darker 

 red overlaid ; flesh firm, 

 juicy, shghtly acid ; cooks 

 well. 



Norfolk Beaufin — November 

 to July. Dull green, deex> 

 red next the sun; flesh 

 greenish- white, crisp, 

 juicy, sub-acid. 



Norfolk Bearer — December 

 to February. Green, yel- 

 lowish-crimson on sunny 

 side ; flesh crisp, tender, 

 with a sharp flavour. 



Northern Greening — No- 

 vember to April. Green, 

 brownish-red on sunny 

 side ; flesh greenish, sharp 

 acid ; a first-rate cooking 

 Apple. 



Omar Pasha — December to 

 April. Yellow, dotted with 

 russet : flesh white, crisp, 

 sub-acid ; verj- excellent. 



Eoundways' Magnum Bo- 

 num — December to April. 

 Lemon, with patches of 

 crimson : flesh richly aro- 

 matic, yellowish-white. 



Eo\ind Winter Nonsuch- 

 November to Febntary. 

 Green, with patching of 

 deep red ; flesh yellow, 

 juicy, slightly acid. 



Eoyal Eusset — November 

 to May. Tellowish-green, 

 covered with russet ; flesh 

 greenish - white ; riciily 

 aromatic ; excellent for 

 stewing in sugai as des- 

 sert. 



Ejnner — October to Decem- 

 ber. One of the finest 

 cooking and sauce Apples ; 

 yellow, rose, and deep 

 scarlet ; flesh yellow, sub- 

 acid, juicy. 



Waltham Abbey Seedling- 

 September to January. 

 Large, handsome, and of 

 first-rate quality ; gene- 

 rally yellow : flesh yellow, 

 sweet, tender, and richly 

 flavoured : retaining its 

 colour when cooked. 



Warner's King — November 

 to February. Tlu^ is 

 sjTionymous with D. T. 

 Fish and several others; 

 green, yellowish as it 

 ripens ; flesh crisp, ten- 

 der, juicy. 



Winter Majetin — January 

 to May. Green, with 

 brownish - red nest the 

 sun ; flesh greenish- white, 

 brisk, crisp, lu-st-rate. 



Alexander (Emperor) — Sep- 

 tember to December. 

 Very large; greenish, 

 bright Tud on sunny side ; 

 the flesh yellowish-white, 

 juicy, aromatic. 



Beauty of Kent - October to 

 February. Very large ; 

 first-rate ; greenish - yel- 

 low, rich red next the 

 sun ; crisp, tender, sweet, 

 and juicy. 



Apples for Ornamental Effect. — Few trees 

 can excel the Apple in the graceful beauty of its 

 hal)it, its profusion of dehcate pink hlossom, the 



