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HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 



set in a shallow and puckered basin. Stalk 

 short and fleshy, inserted in a wide, deep, and 

 russety cavity ; flesh greenish yellow ; tender, 

 soft, juicy, sprightly, and slightly perfumed. 

 An excellent culinary apple, in use from Octo- 

 ber to January." 



Golden knob. — Colour pale green, becoming 

 yellowish green as it attains ripeness, covered 

 with russet round the base, and on the shaded 

 side yellow, marked with reddish streaks and 

 many crimson dots on the side next the sun, 

 the whole covered with russet freckles ; form 

 roundish ovate ; size below medium. In use 

 from December to March. Quality excellent 

 for orchardists, on account of the healthiness of 

 the trees and the abundance of their crops. It is 

 largely grown in Kent for the London markets. 

 It is also well adapted to cottage gardens. 



Golden noble, — Colour yellow ; form round ; 

 size large ; quality first-rate. Very handsome 

 in appearance. In use in September and Decem- 

 ber. A modern variety of Norfolk origin. 



Gooseberry. — Colour deep green, with a brown- 

 ish tinge where exposed to the sun, marked 

 profusely with minute russety dots ; form round- 

 ish-ovate ; size very large. In use from October 

 to January. Quality as a culinary fruit sur- 

 passed by none. Most extensively cultivated in 

 Kent for the London market, which is a good 

 criterion of its merits. This is not the apple 

 which is described under the same name in 

 the " Pyrus Malus Brentfordensis." 



Green tiffing. — Colour at first pale green, 

 changing to yellowish green on the shaded side; 

 quite yellow, profusely marked with minute 

 russety dots an the sunny side ; form conical, 

 somewhat angular, and ribbed at the sides; size 

 medium. In use from September to December. 

 Tree hardy, and an excellent bearer. Exten- 

 sively grown in Lancashire, where it is held in 

 high repute. Synonym — Mage's Johnny. 



Greennup's pippin. — Colour pale straw-colour,, 

 tinged with green where shaded, beautiful 

 bright red, and marked with several patches of 

 delicate russet on the side exposed to the sun ; 

 form roundish, broadest at the base, having a 

 prominent rib on one side extending from the 

 base to the apex; size above medium. In use 

 from October to December ; quality excellent 

 either for kitchen or dessert. Tree healthy and 

 hardy, and an abundant bearer. Originated at 

 Keswick, and made known about fifty years 

 since. According to Mr Hogg, to whose pomo- 

 logical zeal we are indebted for the publication 

 of both this and the last fine apples, " it is 

 much cultivated throughout the Border counties, 

 and is a valuable fruit where the more choice 

 varieties do not attain perfection." The same 

 authority states that, "when grown against a 

 wall, as it sometimes is in the north of England 

 and Border counties, the fruit attains a large size, 

 and is particularly handsome and beautiful." 



Harney's Wiltshire defiance. — Colour deep 

 sulphur-yellow, even on the shaded side ; deeper- 

 coloured, profusely covered with minute russety 

 dots, with occasional patches of russet on the 

 sunny one ; form conical, having five prominent 

 acute angles descending from the eye to the 

 base ; size very large. In use from October to 



January. Quality first-rate ; a handsome and 

 desirable apple. Mr Hogg, to whom we are in- 

 debted for a knowledge of it, says, " It is com- 

 paratively little known, but it is well deserving 

 the attention of the fruit-gardener and orchardist; 

 to the latter particularly so, as its size, fine appear- 

 ance, and handsome shape, make it attractive at 

 market, and its solid and weighty flesh gives it 

 an advantage over many apples of its size." 



Hawthornden. — Colour greenish yellow where 

 shaded, beautifully tinged with bright pink where 

 fully exposed to the sun, particularly if grown 

 against a wall or espalier ; form roundish ; size 

 large, frequently 15 inches round; quality first- 

 rate. In use during October, November, and 

 December. An abundant and early bearer. 

 Succeeds best in a strong clayey soil; in light 

 soils apt to canker and die away. The remains 

 of the original tree still exist at Hawthornden, 

 a few miles from Edinburgh. Synonyms — 

 White Hawthornden, Red Hawthornden. It re- 

 sembles somewhat the Maidens blush of Ame- 

 rica, which latter fruit is, however, of higher 

 flavour and much greater beauty. The Haw- 

 thornden, like its excellent rival the Ribston 

 pippin, is very subject, as we have stated, to 

 canker. Mr Errington, in remarking on this, 

 observes that both " will frequently become re- 

 newed if grafted on old stocks, which, although 

 not successful with other sorts, have notwith- 

 standing a sound and clear stem. We have a 

 Hawthornden branch of considerable size, which 

 was some years since grafted on the lower part 

 of a French crab (a remarkably healthy kind of 

 apple), and which is totally free from canker, 

 and produces abundantly every year." 



New Hawthornden. — A seedling from the ori- 

 ginal apple of this name; superior to it in its 

 present state, and probably very similar to it 

 when in its earliest stages of existence. The 

 fruit of the new sort is not only larger, but 

 keeps better, and the tree is more rubust, and 

 less liable to canker. 



Hoary, morning. — Colour striated; form round- 

 ish ; size large ; quality excellent. In use from 

 October till March. Tree hardy, and a good 

 bearer. The synonyms are — Downy, Sam Raw- 

 lings, Dainty apple. 



Holland pippin. — Colour greenish yellow 

 with a slight tinge of light brown, and marked 

 with large green dots ; form roundish and flat- 

 tened, with ribs on the sides; size large. In use 

 from November to March. Quality first-rate. 

 Tree vigorous, healthy, and a good bearer. 

 Originated in the Holland district of Lincoln- 

 shire, hence its name. Synonyms — Pie pippin, 

 and Summer pippin of the Americans. 



Hollandburg. — Colour red and yellow ; form 

 roundish ; size large ; quality good. In use from 

 November till January. Tree hardy; a good 

 bearer, producing large and handsome fruit. 

 The English synonyms are — Kirk's scarlet ad- 

 mirable, Horsley pippin, Hawberry pippin; 

 while in France it is cultivated under the name 

 of Bonne rouge, Le beau rouge. 



Hunthouse. — Colour pale yellow; form oblong; 

 size medium ; quality good. In use from Decem- 

 ber till March. Of Yorkshire origin. Tree hardy 

 and a great bearer, never attaining a large size; 



