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Profitable Apples for Market. [june, 



LIST OF VARIETIES WHICH SUCCEED IN MOST LOCALITIES. 

 Varieties suitable for Standards. 



Culinary. 

 Bramley's Seedling. 

 Newton Wonder. 

 Annie Elizabeth. 

 Lord Derbv. 



Dessert. 



Beauty of Bath, j More successful 

 Worcester Pearmain, las bush or half- 

 Allington Pippin, j standards. 



Varleti£}S suitable for Bush or Half-standards. 



Culinary. 

 Early Victoria. 

 Grenadier. 



Stirling Castle (bush) . 

 Lord Derby. 



Lane's Prince Albert (bush) 



Bramle5'''s Seeding (too strong for bush) 



Newton Wonder. 



Dessert. 

 Mr. Gladstone. 

 Beauty of Bath. 

 James Grieve. 

 Worcester Pearmain. 

 Rival. 



Allington Pippin. 



Varieties suitable for Cordons. 



Culinary. Dessert. 

 Beauty of Bath. Allington Pippin. 



James Grieve. King of the Pippins. | 



Worcester Pearmain. Cox's Orange Pippin, f below. 



Rival. Egremont Russet. 



Varieties not recommended for extensive planting but which 

 do well in some districts : — (They should not be chosen 

 unless they are known to succeed locally, and even then should 

 seldom be planted except for special purposes.) 



Ecklinville Seedling 

 Graham's Royal Jubilee 

 Lord Grosvenor . . * 

 Warner's King 

 Bismarck . . 



Cox's Orange Pippin 

 Lady Sudeley 

 King of the Pippins 



Culinary. 



Standard, half -standard , or bush. 

 Half -standard or bush. 



j> J? 

 Standard, half -standard , or bush. 

 Half -standard or bush. 



Dessert. 

 Bush or cordon. 



DESCRIPTION OF CHIEF VARIETIES OF APPLES. 



ALLINGTON PIPPIN. Oct.— Nov. 



A dessert variety following Worcester Pearmain in season. Medium. 

 Lemon yellow flushed and striped with bright red ; carries well and is a good 

 regular cropper. A fairly strong grower with a spreading habit. Best grown 

 as bush or cordon on dwarfing stock. Subject to scab, mildew and Woolly 

 Aphis, but usuall};^ free from canker. Does not colour well on some soils. 

 More colour is obtained when the centre of the tree is kept open. Is rapidly 

 becoming a standard market variety. 



ANNIE ELIZABETH. Dec.— Feb. 



A valuable culinary variet3\ Large, dark green with reddish-brown 

 flush ; of good quality an(i carries well. L. slow-bearing, and for this 

 reason is often negl^ted, but crops well, especially in the west, when once it 

 starts ; growth strong and very erect. Suitable as a permanent standard or 

 bush on dwarfing stock. Too slow in bearingf or use as a filler. Comparatively 

 free from scab and canker. 



