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English Orchards. 



and keeping varieties, the following may be named : — -Blen- 

 heim Orange, Cox's Orange Pippin, Gascoynes Scarlet Seed- 

 ling-, Court Pendu Plat, Baumann's red Reinette, and 

 Ribston Pippin, which has been revived in a good form. 

 The King of the Pippins is grown extensively in many 

 places, but it requires good, deep soil and sheltered spots, in 

 which it grows fine "and clear ; in shallow or unsuitable soil 

 it grows spotty. 



Of cooking- apples the following are the sorts generally 

 planted now : — The early Julien, Lord Suffield, Lord Gros- 

 venor. New Hawthornden, Stirling Castle, Ecklinville Seed- 

 ling (an admirable apple, and doing well in most places), 

 Warner's King, and Cox's Pomona, a brilliantly coloured 

 apple. These are sent to market direct from the trees. 

 Among cooking apples for storing, the principal varieties 

 now selected are Blenheim Orange (which is also a good 

 eating apple), Peasgood's Nonsuch, Queen Caroline (a lovely 

 apple when well grown), Lord Derby, Stone or Loddington, 

 Golden Noble, Wellington Alfriston, Prince Bismarck, Lane's 

 Prince Albert, Winter Queening, Bramley's Seedling (a most 

 useful apple, and bf^ing largely planted), Royal Jubilee, and 

 Northern Greening. One large successful grower of apples 

 on bush trees has planted for succession : Lord Suffield, Eck- 

 linville, Lord Grosvenor, Domino, Lord Derby, Bramley's 

 Seedling, Lane's Prince Albert, and Royal Jubilee. For 

 eating apples he relies principally upon Worcester Pearmain 

 and Cox's Orange Pippin. Another, who grows on standards 

 and on half-standards, has planted, for cooking purposes ; 

 Domino, Newton Wonder, Stone, Stirling Castle, Warner's 

 King, Prince Bismarck, Lucombe's Seedling, and Bramley's 

 Seedling ; while for eating purposes his selection is : Mr. 

 Gladstone, Yellow Ingestre, Worcester Pearmain, Duchess's 

 Favourite, King of the Pippins, and Cox's Orange Pippin. 

 The majority of these are early sorts, of good colour, w^hich 

 attract the eye, and are ready for sale before the American and 

 Canadian apples arrive in this country. By thus growing 

 early apples all the expenses and risks of storing are 

 avoided. 



The varieties of pears that have been planted of late years 



