Plate XXIII. 
i. WARNER’S KING. 
[Syn : King Apple ; Salopian; D. T. Fish; Nelson’s Glory ; Weavering; KillicUs Applel\ 
The origin of this valuable fruit is not given in any of the leading orchard authorities. “ I 
have found this apple,” says Mr. Lewis A. Killick in the Journal of Horticulture , “in almost every 
fruit growing district, and usually under different names. Although in Kent I cannot trace it under 
the name of Warner s King for many years, I am certain from my own examination it has been 
grown for nearly fifty years with a local name. In Middlesex I have seen it under the name of 
Salopian. I am growing it myself also as Nelsons Glory and D. T. Fish. One of our leading 
nurserymen imported a ‘ new’ apple from Scotland, which acquired a great reputation three or four 
years since at the Crystal Palace on account of its size and appearance, but it proved to be 
Warners King. Therefore I think we may fairly conclude that Mr. Warners King was the King 
of many other people beside himself; but Mr. Warner recognising true loyalty linked his fortunes 
to those of the rising monarch.” In a communication subsequently received direct from Mr. 
Killick, he says, “The apple I mentioned in The Journal of Horticulture as having been grown 
locally for 50 years, and that has turned out to be Warner s King ; originated in an orchard in 
Weavering Street, near Maidstone, now in the possession of my brother, Mr. Austen Killick. 
The tree consists of about two thirds of Devonshire Ouarrenden, and one third of ‘ Killick’s Big 
Apple/ as it was called. I can trace it back nearly 40 years with certainty, and the tree was then 
