26 APPLE. 



for which they are best adapted, and other particu- 

 lars necessary to be known by every cultivator of 

 this useful fruit. At the end of the list will be given 

 an improved method of keeping apples to a length- 

 ened period. 



Descriptive Catalogue of Apples. 



1, Haivthornden. — Reader, be not surprised at 

 seeing this placed first on the list. Europe has not 

 produced a better or more useful apple for all culi' 

 nary purposes. It deserves precedence on many 

 accounts : as an early and prolific bearer, as a free- 

 growing and healthy tree, it has scarcely an equal. 

 The fruit are fit for use from the time they are of the 

 size of walnuts till they are ripe in October. When 

 full grown, especially if the crop has been thinned, 

 the fruit attain a large size — say from eight to ten 

 inches in circumference — and continue good in the 

 south of England till the end of December. In colder 

 countries, or in cold seasons, they keep much longer. 

 In Scotland, the fruit sometimes keep till the month 

 of May. If the Ribstone pippin be esteemed the 

 glory of Yorkshire, the Hawthornden certainly de- 

 serves to be called the glory of Scotland. 



The fruit is generally above the middle size, round, 

 a little flattened, wdth a few irregular risings. The 

 pulp is light-green, solid, and abounding with a fine 

 acid juice. The shoots are strong, and of a lightish- 



