218 THE KITCHEN-GARDEN, [chap. vii. 
in the shrubberies; the last four being the 
only kinds of trees which should ever be 
planted as standards in the slips to the 
kitchen-garden. 
Kernel fruits. —The principal of these 
are apples and pears* but the division also in¬ 
cludes the medlar* the quince* and the true 
service. 
The apple is universally allowed to be the 
most useful of all fruits; and it is certain 
that there is no fruit more extensively culti¬ 
vated. The list of apples is as numerous as 
that of peas; and it is almost as difficult to 
make a selection from. Apples are* how¬ 
ever* generally divided into three kinds; the 
dessert or eating apples* the kitchen of 
baking apples* and the cider apples. The last 
are good for nothing but to make cider* and 
can never be mistaken; the line of demarca¬ 
tion betw r een the first two is* however* not 
so strongly marked* as many of the kinds 
will serve both purposes. Many dessert 
apples* for example* possess the chief merit 
of a good kitchen apple* viz. that of falling 
well* or in plainer terms* of becoming quite 
soft when baked or boiled; and many of the 
