PARADISE APPLE STOCKS. 



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characteristic fruits, though of course we have not yet had fruit in 

 such quantities as to be able to speak very definitely about their 

 average size. However, we are encouraged to publish the present 

 details in the hope that they may serve as a permanent record and 

 aid in the identification of our present types with those used in the 

 past, for some of which good descriptions are still to be found, especially 

 in foreign pomologies. This identification would be of considerable 

 historic interest. 



Type I. (Broad-leaved 'English Paradise'). 

 This type has not bloomed during the five seasons since it was 

 planted. It is undoubtedly one of the most vigorous of the Paradise 

 types in common use and is therefore probably naturally less precocious 

 in fruiting. This does not in any way mean that it is not a good 

 commercial grower's stock. 



Type II. ('Doucin/ commonly called 'English Paradise'). 

 This type has so far fruited but shyly. It had no blossom before 

 1917, but it set fruit both in that season and in 1918. 



Flowers.* 



Flowering Season. In full blossom about middle of May, 



Petals. . . Large, broad, pinkish, cupped. 

 Calyx. . . Very hairy. 

 Pistil. . . Longer than stamens. 



Style. . . Fused about half way. Very hairy where fused, slightly 

 hairy below, hairless above fusion. 



Fruit (Fig. 27), 



Size. . . Medium (so far the largest of Paradise types). 

 Form. . . Regular, roundish, broader than high. 



Colour. . . Yellow green, red cheek towards sun, many small reddish 

 dots. 



Skin. . . Tough, smooth. 



Basin. . . Only slight depression, eye partially closed, sepals long 



and prominent. 

 Stalk. . . Medium to short, in shallow cavity. 

 Core.f . . Large, outline indefinite, elliptical, centre closed. 

 Flesh. . . Greeny white, very crisp, juicy, acid. 

 Season. . . Would probably keep fairly late, 



Type III. (possibly 'Dutch Doucin,' our ' Holly^Leaf '). 



This type is distinctly precocious in maturing. It fruited fairly 

 heavily in 1917 and I918. 



Flowers. 



Flowering Season. Later than II. Full blossom towards end of May. 

 Flowers. . . Medium size. 



Petals. . . Medium to small, whitish pink, flattish, margins turned 

 back, very hairy on upper surface. 



* These flower descriptions only deal with the most salient points of differ- 

 ence. We have followed closely on the lines suggested by Mr. E. A. Bunyard 

 in his article on "Flowers as an aid in identifying Varieties," Journal R.H.S, 

 vol. xxxviii. p. 234. 



t The descriptions of the outline of the core are taken from central vertical 

 sections through the fruit, as shown in all the illustrations. 



