THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



196. Duedge's Beauty of Wilts; Red Originated 141 Wiltshire about 

 1750. Fruit above the midille size, oval; color bright yellow, spotted with red; 

 in use from October till March. One of the best apples yet known, in point of 

 general utility. Tree hardy, and a great bearer. 



197. Dumpling. — An old Norfolk fruit. Above the middle size, flattish, round; 

 color greenish streaked with red, often much so ; keeps till March. Tree hardy, 

 and a good bearer. (Not the dumpling apple of the Americans.) 



198. Hampshire No.ie-sucii. — Fruit large and conical; color green yellow, 

 streaked with red ; in use from September till December ; a valuable fruiL Tree 

 vigorous, and succeeds better upon chalky bottoms than most other apples ; is a 

 great bearer. 



199. Fre-XCII Crap.. — Fruit large, oval; color deep green and red; will keep 

 from one season to another ; a valuable fruit, and should have a place in every 

 garden. Tree of a handsome upright habit, and a great bearer. 



200. Pigeonette. — Originally from Hrittany. Fruit below the middle size, 

 conical ; color pale red, and showy ; ripens in October, and keeps till March. Tree 

 hardy, with slender twigs; rather an indifferent bearef. 



201. Golden Mundi. — Fruit small, round; color green and red; ripens in 

 October, and keeps till January. Tree spreading, of no great height, and a good 

 bearer. 



202. Hedge. — Fruit middle size, conical; color red and straw ; in use frona Oc- 

 tober till April. Tree upright in habit, and a good bearer. 



203. Golden Gloucester. — Fruit middle-sized, oval; color gold and red; in 

 use from December till March. Tree hardy, of spreading habit; a good bearer. 



201. PoMME Grise. — Originally from Canada, about 1790. Fruit middle-sized, 

 oval; color russet and red; ripens in September, and keeps till January. Tree of 

 vigorous growth; like other American apples, with us an indifferent bearer. 



205. NoNE-sccir. — An esteemed Scotch fruit. Often there planted against walls 

 (where it becomes an excellent table apple); upon standards middle-sized, roundish; 

 color grass-green, where shad.d russet brown, often reddish where exposed to iho 

 sun ; in use in September and Octoh r, when kept longer, becomes acid and shri- 

 velled. Tree of slender habits, often having the extrem ties of the *hoots unripened; 

 in such cases liable to canker; is a good bearer. It is said to afford a much less 

 portion of sauce than most other apples. 



20G. Hallingbury. — Fruit large, flat, and much ribbed ; color red and yellow ; 

 ripens in October, and keeps till Marclu Tree of vigorous growth, and but an 

 indifferent bearer. 



207. Hubbard's Russet Pearmain. — Fruit above the middle sire, roundi>h; 

 color dark russet; ripens in January, and keeps till April. Tree of upright habit, 

 slender twigged, a middling bearer. 



20s. Long Laster.— Fruit middle-size>l, conical, rather angled ; color fine yellow 

 and red; ripens in October, and keeps till May. 



209. Major Hemming. — Fruit middle-sized, round; color hght green and 

 brown ; ripens in November, and keeps till March. 



210. Kirk's Seedling.— Originated with Mr. Joseph Kirk, of the Brompton 

 Nursery, a well-known fruit-tree grower. Fruit large, round ; color red and yellow ; 

 ripens in December, and keeps till May. Tree of vigorous growth, and a great 

 bearer. 



211. Kentish Fill-basket. Kcnlish ro^f/iHo-.— Fruit large, conical ; color pile 

 green ; ripens in August, and lasts till October. Tree a middling bearer. 



