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JOrEXAL CF THE ROYAL HOIlTIC'ULTUEAl SOCIETY. 



tlieir merits otherwise entitle them ; among others, the following 

 may be named, Pearson's Plate, Melon, Grenadier, Lane's Prince 

 Albert, Bramley's Seedling, Frogmore Prolific, Lady Henniker, 

 Golden Spire, Schoolmaster, The Queen, &c., &c. 



The most popular Culinary Apple — or that which has received 

 the greatest number of votes (101 of a possible 130) — is Lord 

 Suffield ; King of the Pippins, as a Dessert variety, being second 

 (98). The most popular Dessert Apple in England is Cox's 

 Orange Pippin ; but it is evidently not so well known in or so well 

 suited for the colder climate of Scotland. Blenheim Orange 

 occupies an exceptional position, being selected in every district 

 both as a Dessert and Culinary variety, thus receiving in the 

 aggregate a greater number of votes (115) than any other Apple. 

 With this exception the returns are singularly uniform, the 

 varieties selected as most suitable for the north being also held 

 in the same appreciation in the south. Thus, the varieties of 

 Apples that are really worthy of cultivation may be reduced to 

 comparatively narrow limits. 



It may be remarked that the Committee consider many of 

 the Dessert Apples as too small for general use ; and since there 

 are now so many good ones, it would seem useless to cultivate 

 such as Sam Young, Golden Harvey, Lamb Abbey Pearmain, 

 Court of Wick, Eedleaf Eusset, Guernsey Pippin, Downton 

 Pippin, &c. ; and in regard to Culinary Apples, since so many 

 excellent varieties of large size, &c., are now in cultivation, all 

 those under the standard of "large," i.e., " three inches in dia- 

 meter," might be with advantage at once discarded, excepting 

 always a few sorts that are specially adapted to certain localities. 



