294 Profitable Apples for Market. [june, 



Mr. GLADSTONE. Aug. 



Early dessert with season the same as Beauty of Bath. Medium size and 

 highly coloured but quality only fair. Carries fairly well if marketed imme- 

 diately after picking, but becomes soft and mealy if kept and should, therefore, 

 be sold before fully coloured . Moderately quick bearing and a heavy cropper. 

 Forms a small, spreading tree and should, therefore, be worked on "free " 

 stock. Only suitable for bush or cordon. Often paj^s better than Beauty of 

 Bath on account of heavy cropping, but its quality is not so good and it should 

 not be grown where Beauty of Bath succeeds. Somewhat subject to scab but 

 usually free from canker. Very useful for local markets. 



GRENADIER. Sept.— Oct. 



Good quality early cooker, in season immediately after Early Victoria. 

 Large, light green, travels well. Crops in 5-6 years and thereafter bears heavily. 

 Often pays for thinning. Growth moderately strong and inclined to be up- 

 right. Usually best as half -standard or bush on "free " stock. On dwarfing 

 stock can be used as a filler. Bears freel}^ on tips if not " headed in." 



JAMES GRIEVE. Sept.— Nov. 



Dessert variety with season overlapping Worcester Pearmain. Medium, 

 golden-yellow,faintly striped and flushed with red ; quality excellent. Travels 

 well in the North but inclined to be soft in the South. Growth strong and 

 inclined to be spreading. Forms a good -sized compact tree. Suitable as a 

 permanent bush tree on a dwarfing stock and also as a cordon. On some soils 

 very subject to canker, scab, and Brown Rot. Colours badly, especially if 

 trees are not thinned well. In the markets it does not sell as well as its quality 

 warrants, probably owing to its lack of colour and softness. 



KING OF PIPPINS. Oct.— Dec. 



Fair quality dessert variety. Fruit often very small. Golden -yellow 

 with a faint reddish-brown cheek. Carries well. A good cropper. Growth 

 moderate and more or less upright. Seldom planted now on account of the 

 smallness of its fruit and susceptibility to scab and canker. 



LADY SUDELEY. Aug.— Sept. 



An early dessert variety. Season similar to that of Worcester Pearmain. 

 Good appearance but only of fair quality. Medium, yellow covered with 

 bold crimson stripes. Carries fairly well. Crops rather irregularly. Growth 

 moderate and inclined to be upright. Forms a medium-sized standard but 

 makes a good bush on "free " stock. Usually free from canker but slightl}- 

 susceptible to scab. Prefers light soils. Sells boldly on the large markets, 

 but is useful for a local trade. 



LANE'S PRINCE ALBERT. Oct.— Dec. 



Excellent cooker for market, in season after Lord Derby. Large, green, 

 flushed and somewhat striped with red when exposed to sun. Quality and 

 flavour very good. Cooks frothily. Carries well but needs careful handling. 

 Quick bearing and very heavy cropper. Often pays to thin. Must be worked 

 on "free " stock. Gro\\'th weak, spreading and crossing. Not suitable for 

 standard or half -standard but only as bush (permanent or filler). Usually 

 ree from scab and canker but rather subject to mildew. Succeeds in most 

 localities. 



LORD DERBY. Sept.— Nov. 



Culinary, very large, green. Season follows Grenadier. Quality good, 

 but does not cook frothily. Crops heavily and carries well. Upright in habit 

 and suitable for permanent tree as standard, half -standard or bush. Some- 

 times used as a filler. Usually best on "free " stock. Very subject to Brown 

 Rot canker (Blossom Wilt) on twigs, and on some soils inclined to canker. 

 Should not be planted unless known to thrive locally. Sells especially well 

 in Northern markets. Hard spur pruning essential to keep down Brown Rot 

 canker and to maintain size of fruit. 



