1908.] Time of Blossoming of Fruit Trees. 



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Earliest Flowering Apples. — The earliest varieties in the 

 college plantations in 1908 were : — 6th May, Irish Peach 

 (18 days) ; 9th May, Mank's Codlin (19 days) ; 10th May, 

 Adam's Pearmain (17 days) and Duchess of Oldenburgh (18 

 days) ; nth May, Prince Bismarck (19 days) ; 12th May, 

 Pearson's Plate (15 days), Tyler's Kernel (16 days), Graven- 

 stein (16 days), Ribston Pippin (19 days), Charles Ross (19 

 days), Wagener (10 days), White Transparent (13 days), Mr. 

 Gladstone (16 days), Washington (17 days), and Scarlet 

 Nonpareil (17 days). 



Second Early Flowering Apples. — On 13th May, Royal Snow 

 (14 days), Duchess's Favourite (14 days), Byford Wonder (15 

 days), Warner's King (15 days), Alfriston (15 days), Baumann's 

 Red Winter Reinette (16 days), Boston Russet (17 days), 

 Braddick's Nonpareil (18 days), and Stirling Castle (18 days) ; 

 14th May, Shepherd's Fame (10 days), Flower of Kent (11 days), 

 Beauty of Kent (15 days), Calville Malingre (15 days), Christmas 

 Pearmain (16 days), Lord Suffield (17 days), Cox's Orange 

 Pippin (19 days), Saltmarsh's Queen (17 days), and American 

 Mother (21 days) ; 15th May, King Harry (9 days), Golden 

 Spire (14 days), Hambledon Deux Ans (14 days), Leather-coat 

 (15 days), Beauty of Bath (15 days), Yorkshire Beauty 

 (15 days), Brownlees's Russett (16 days), Worcester Pearmain 

 (16 days), Peasgood's Nonsuch (16 days), Okera (16 days), and 

 New Hawthornden (17 days). 



Mid-Season Flowering Apples. — On 16th May, Twenty Ounce 

 commenced to flower and continued in bloom 12 days, Scott's 

 Winter (13 days), Roundway Nonsuch, Roundway Magnum 

 Bonum, D'Arcy Spice (15 days), Fearn's Pippin (16 days), 

 Lady Sudeley (16 days), Bramley's Seedling (18 days), Potts's 

 Seedling (18 days), Royal Late (18 days), and Lane's Prince Albert 

 (18 days) ; 7th May, Egremont Russet, Allen's Everlasting 

 (12 days), and Summer Pippin (15 days) ; 18th May, Winter 

 Quoining (9 days), Hoary Morning (10 days), Colonel Vaughan, 

 Mere de Menage (13 days), Sturmer Pippin (13 days), Norfolk 

 Wonder (13 days), Lady Henniker (14 days), Betty Geeson 

 (14 days), King of the Pippins (15 days), Gascoyne's Scarlet 

 (16 days), Seaton House (16 days), Brabant Bellefleur (16 days), 

 Gloria Mundi (15 days), Belle de Pontoise (16 days), Cat's 

 head (16 days), Allington Pippin (16 days), and Vicar of Beighton. 



