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sized gardens be provided with the pkasing and 

 cheap luxury of Apples all the year round. 



Dessert Apples. 



From. July to September : Early Harvest, Mar- 

 garet, Mr. Gladstone, Kerry Pippin, Devonshire 

 Quarrenden, Summer Golden Pippin, Eed Astra- 

 chan, and Worcester Pearmain. 



September to December : King of the Pipi)ins, 

 Scarlet Crofton, Mother Apple, Golden Reinette, 

 AVoi'msley Pippin, Cox's Orange Pippin, Collins' 

 Early Nonpareil, Scarlet Pearmain, Paradise Pippin, 

 Eibston Pippin, Cox's Golden Drop, and Red and 

 Yellow Ingestre. 



December to March : jNIargil, Adams', Manning- 

 ton, and Claygate Pearmains, Beachamwell, Scar- 

 let, Braddick's, and Pitmaston Nonpareils, Golden 

 Pippin, Golden Aromatic, Harvey's Wiltshire De- 

 fiance, Margil, Sykehouse's Russet, Cobham, Ash- 

 mead's Kernel, Ribston Pearmain, and Sam Young. 



March to June : Newtown Pippin, D'Arcy's 

 Spice, St. Edmund's Pippin, Aromatic Russet, 

 Sykehouse's Russet, Boston Russet, Cornish Gilli- 

 flower. Cockle Pippin, Wyken Pippin, Melon Apple, 

 Lamb Abbey Pearmain, Lord Burghley, Duke of 

 Devonshire, Northern Spy, Sturmer Pippin, Cal- 

 ville Blanche d'Hiver, Reinette du Canada, and Old 

 Nonpareil. 



Several of these will keep sound till the end of 

 June, and may even considerably overlap the earhest 

 summer Apples, such as the Early Harvest, ]Mar- 

 garets, or Juneatings, that mostly ripen early in 

 July. 



Kitchen Apples. 



Though there are no culinary Apples that ripen 

 till August, yet there is no difficulty in ha^-ing a 

 supply all the year round, for there are several 

 varieties that will keep sound for more than a vear 



and one — the French Crab, or Northern Greening 



that will keep for two years. At the end of a year 

 this Apple is quite as good, or even better, for culi- 

 nary pmi^oses than on the day it was gathered. 

 The Norfolk Beaufin ^vill also keep well for twelve 

 months, and the newest Apple, Annie Elizabeth, 

 promises to keep still longer. As several kitchen 

 Apples are fit for use at the end of July or August, 

 there is therefore little difficulty in keeping up a 

 constant supply. 



August tu November : Keswick Codlin, Dutch Cod- 

 lin. Duchess of Oldenburgh, Lord Suffield, Emperor 

 Alexander, Ffogmore Prolific, and Golden Noble. 



Xov ember to March : Warner's King, CelHni, 

 Cox's Pomona, Gloria Mundi, Waltham Abbey Seed- 

 ling, Stirling Castle, Lord Derby, Forge, Flower of 

 Kent, Queen, Lane's Prince Albert, Kentish Fill- 

 basket, and Small's Admirable. 



March to August or later: Blenheim Orange, Alfria- 

 ton, Bess Pool, London Pippin, Betsy Geeson, Ham- 

 bledon Deux Ans, Dumelow's Seedling, Mere de 

 Menage, Tower of Glanmiis, Lewis's Incomparable, 

 Reinette du Canada, Norfolk Beaufin, Annie Eliza- 

 beth, and Northern Greening. 



Apples for Cottagers and Amateurs.— 



It is hardly kind to those who want a couple, half 

 a dozen, or dozen of Apples only, to set before them 

 a list of a hundred or more varieties ; hence our 

 selection of two, six, a dozen for those of the most 

 limited space or means. The best two Apples for 

 the cottager are Cox's Orange Pippin and Cellini. 

 Either are good for eating, and almost better still for 

 cooking, yielding a maximum amount of quality in 

 puddings, pies, or simply stewed, with a minimum 

 of sugar. They are also so fine and handsome as 

 always to command a free sale at the highest prices. 

 Add to these the Claygate Pearmain for eating, and 

 Cox's Pomona or Warner's King for kitchen use. 



Mechanics and amateurs who may have room for 

 six or more, may either plant two each of the foregoing 

 or add Lord Suffield, Frogmore Prolific, and Wal- 

 tham Abbey Seedling to their culinary varieties ; and 

 Ribston Pippin, Scarlet Nonpareil, and Cockle Pippin 

 to their de^^sert sorts. In districts in which the Rib- 

 ston is prone to canker, the Boston Russet may be 

 substituted for it. 



In cool locaHties the better position for the Rib-r 

 ston Pippin and such fine sorts as the Scarlet Non- 

 pareil, Golden Russet, Sturmer Pippin, Pearson's 

 Plate, Cornish Gilliflower, Court of Wick, Golden 

 Pippin, Golden Reinette, Adams' Pearmain, Brad- 

 dick's Nonpareil, Margil, Sec, is on the walls of the 

 cottage, dwelling-house, or outbuildings. 



Those who require more than a dozen or so of 

 varieties are referred to oui' lists, from which it is 

 impossible for them to draw blanks, dip into them 

 where they may. 



Several of the finest dessert Apples likewise prove 

 the very best for culinary purposes, while only a 

 very few Apples are fit for stewing whole to form 

 an exquisite sweet for the dessert, such as Golden 

 Harvey, Golden Pippin, and a few of the harder 

 and smaller Nonpareils. In using such dessert 

 Apples as the following for cooking, no sugar should 

 be added to them. Should any be needed, it must 

 be added to taste in eating — the best way of using 

 sugar for all Apples. 



Dessert Apples for Culinary Purposes. 



- — Claygate, and most other varieties of Pearmain, 

 Cox's Orange Pippin, Ribston Pippin, King of the 

 Pippins, Golden Russet, Boston Russet, Reinette du 

 Canada, Court Rendu Plat, Harvey's Wiltshire 



