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JOURNAL OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Next Best Thtbty Dessert Apples. 



Arranged AlpJiabetically. 



American Mother— Tree bearer; fine size; first-rate quality. 

 Ashmead's Kernel. — Good bearer ; small ; late ; excellent quality. 

 Baddow Pippin.— Good bearer ; medium size ; late, and first-rate. 

 Barcelona Pearmain. — Good bearer; small; excellent quality. 

 Braddkk's Nonpareil. — Regular bearer ; tree hardy ; quality first-rate. 

 Cambusnethan. — A free bearer ; good size, and fine quality. 

 Cockle Pippin— A prolific variety ; rather small ; generally first-rate. 

 Cornish Aromatic. — A good bearer, and first-rate in most seasons. 

 Cornish Gilliflower.— Moderate bearer; first-rate in good seasons. 

 Downton Pippin. — Prolific bearer ; small, but the best of the Golden Pippin 

 type. 



Dutch Mignonne. — Very prolific ; medium size ; requires a fine season to be 

 first-rate. 



Early Harvest. — A prolific early variety, and generally of good quality. 

 Fearn J s Pippin. — Good bearer, and of excellent quality. 

 Golden Harvey. — Good bearer ; small, but first-rate. 

 Golden Beinette. — Regular bearer, and a first-rate variety. 

 Gravenstein. —Good bearer; large; tree hardy; fine refreshing flavour; 

 first-rate. 



Hubbard's Pearmain. — Moderate bearer ; medium size; fine quality. 

 Lemon Pippin. — Regular bearer ; medium size ; late ; first-rate. 

 Margil. — Good bearer, and of first-rate quality. 



Old Nonpareil. — Good bearer ; s mall ; requires a good season to be first- 

 rate. 



Paradise Pippin. — Prolific old variety ; handsome shape, and good quality. 

 Pineapple Busset. — Good bearer; large; fine flavour; first-rate. 

 BaveUton Pippin. — A prolific variety ; large, and fine autumn apple. 

 Bed Astrachan. — Good bearer; large and very handsome, good quality. 

 Bed Margaret. — Good bearer ; medium size ; very early ; fine quality. 

 Bed Winter Beinette. — Prolific bearer ; very handsome ; good quality. 

 Beinette de Canada. — Good bearer, and generally first-rate. 

 Boseman/ Busset. — Constant bearer ; fine size; first-rate quality. 

 Scarlet Pearmain. — Very prolific; smallish ; very pretty; good quality. 

 Wyken Pippin. — Good bearer ; small-, of first-rate quality. 



The Best Twenty Ccltxaby Apples. 



Arranged in the usual Order of Succession. 



*Kesicick Codlin. — A sure bearer, very hardy, and the most useful very 

 early apple. 



Ducliess of Oldenburg. — A free-bearing and very handsome variety. 

 •f*Lord Supheld. — One of the best, and thrives well in most parts. 

 i*Ecklinville. — Very hardy and prolific, and probably the best of autumn 

 culinary apples. 



Cellini. — Very prolific and useful, bears well in cold districts ; tree liable 



to canker. 



*Haicthornden. — An excellent and prolific variety ; liable to spot in cold 

 and wet places. 

 Monks' Codlin. — A useful free-bearing variety. 

 Cox's Pomona. — A fine free-bearing variety, of good quality. 

 Loddington. — Free-bearing^ large, and excellent. 



* The twelve best varieties are marked with an astarisk. 

 t The six best varieties are marked with a dagger 



