THE gardening world 
838 
October 3rd, 1903 
Some of Messrs, Bunyard’s Apples. 
Apple Emperor Alexander. 
It is now well known to gardeners that the fruits' of this 
variety attain, a handsome size. This is the case whether a 
tree is planted as a, standard in the open or trained in fan shape 
against a wall, the latter for preference if size is required. 
Since the' custom of growing Apple trees in the form of single 
cordons, has become more common, it, has been ascertained 
that the fruits attain even a, finer size on tree® of this form. 
It may be that when grown upon the English Paradise the 
tendency to produce large fruit® becomes greater. 
As may be seen by reference to 1 our illustration of this variety, 
the fruits' attain splendid proportions when grown on a pyramid 
tree in pots. The small tree carries nine very large fruit®. The 
variety is of fine flavour, with a, soft and melting flesh, and for 
that reason it may be, and is, utilised either for dessert or 
cooking purposes. The skin attains a, high colour under 
favourable conditions of cultivation, being more or less heavily 
striped with red or crimson on the exposed or sunny side. It, 
Is indeed a fruit that rivals in, appearance those fine samples 
grown in Canada, and the United States. Our illustration was: 
taken, in the Allington Nurseries' of Messrs. George Bunyard 
and Co., Maidstone. 
Apple Allington Pippin. 
In this case the fruits are naturally smaller, and the small 
pyrairiidal tree which we illustrate carries nineteen, of them. 
It is still relatively a new Apple, having been put, into com¬ 
merce in 1896, but, has already found its way into many garden® 
and nurseries throughout the kingdom. The fruit is somewhat 
like that of Cox’s Orange Pippin, but is larger and showier, 
being much more highly colour ed than that variety, even under 
the most favourable conditions. The flavour is also richer, 
being more decidedly acidulated, so that when perfectly ripe it 
is an excellent sort for dessert, purpose®. The fruit is of medium 
size compared with such as Peas,good’s Nonsuch, but, never¬ 
theless, is of the largest size usually permitted for dessert pur¬ 
poses on the exhibition table. For these various reasons it 
is a handsome and choice fruit, and useful withal, so 
that it is, certain to find its way into every collection that is at 
all representative of British fruits. It is in season from 
November to February for dessert, purpose®, and was put into 
commerce by Messrs. George Bunyard and Co., Maidstone, in 
,whose Allington Nurseries our photograph was taken. 
A Dish of Choice Apples. 
One of our illustrations presents: 'a collection of nine varieties 
of Apples exhibited by Messrs. Bunyard and Co., Royal Nur¬ 
series, Maidstone. They were selected as good example® of 
their kinds, but, unfortunately, a. photograph of a collection 
does not do the individual varieties justice. The largest ones 
were arranged along the back of this collection, and the smaller 
one® in front, the result being that, the perspective shows them 
to be pretty much of the same size. All were very fine fruits 
of their kind, of large size and handsomely coloured, as is 
customary with the fruits grown by this firm. 
Commencing with the back line at the left-hand corner, we 
shall name the several varieties. The first fruit on the left, is 
known under the names, of Belle Dubois and Gloria, Mundi, 
which is known to' be a very large Apple, although not highly 
coloured. It is indeed of a pale green, firm, acid, and heavy, 
so that it is an excellent culinary Apple, in season from Decem¬ 
ber to January. 
Next to this comes Withington Fillbasket, another kitchen 
Apple with a greenish-yellow skin, flushed on the cheek exposed, 
to the sun. It attains very handsome size under favourable 
conditions, and is in. season about the same time as the variety 
above described. 
Peasgood’s Nonsuch is more universally cultivated than the 
variety last named, being a fruit of the first, size and hand¬ 
somely coloured. During November and December the fruit is, 
in season, and may then be utilised for either culinary or dessert 
purposes, as it, is 1 of excellent fl avour and soft, yet crisp, if eaten 
before it is too far advanced. The skin at maturity is pure 
yellow, more or less ornamented in a, variety of ways with 
bright crimson, and when grown for a part, of the time under 
orchard-house conditions it becomes very ornamental indeed. 
For this reason it has always been a popular variety for ex¬ 
hibition purposes, and fruits of the largest size are very often 
exhibited. When grown as a standard it, takes some years to 
attain a state of fertility, but when grown on the Paradise, 
whether in pots or in the open ground, it becomes highly 
fertile even in a, small state, and bears its immense fruits, 
which are the wonder of all visitors to the shows. 
The variety shown at the extreme right in the back line is 
Apple Emperor Alexander. 
Tibbett’s Peannain, a very large conical and angular fruit, with 
a greenish skin, and more or less streaked and shaded with 
bronze. When grown to the largest size it is very handsome., 
and for that reason is well adapted for exhibition purposes. It 
comes into use much about the same time as Peasgood’s Non¬ 
such, and is classed as a kitchen Apple. 
The fruit shown on the left in the middle line is Washington, 
a very charming Apple in the matter of shape and colour, 
being conical and yellow, streaked with red. The flesh is also 
of excellent flavour, rather soft perhaps if left until too far 
advanced, but while still in good condition is excellently 
flavoured with melting flesh. It is in season from September 
