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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
October  10,  1901. 
APPLE  TO WEll  OF  GLAMM1S. 
Bramley’s  Seedling  is  a  good  late  variety,  large  and  flat,  with 
a  dull  red  cheek.  It  is  a  good  keeper.  The  tree  is  of  vigorous 
growth,  and  when  established  bears  freely  and  constantly.  New¬ 
ton  Wonder  is  a  new  kind  of  good  keeping  qualities;  also  grows 
and  bears  freely.  The  fruits  are  of  a  clear  yellow,  shaded 
crimson. 
Annie  Elizabeth  will  also  keep  good  until  April.  A  large 
Apple,  with  plenty  of  colour,  and  a  good  cooker.  The  trees  make 
stout  upright  growth.  Wellington,  Nonnanton,  or  Dumelow’s 
Seedling  is  well  known  as  one  of  the  very  best  kitchen  Apples. 
It  should  be  established  as  a  standard  in  good  positions  on  well 
drained  ground.  The  fruits  are  large.  Chelmsford  Wonder  is 
another  fine  late  variety,  and  will  keep  as  long  as  Wellington. 
The  colour  of  the  fruit  is  yellow,  with  red  spottings.  It  is  an 
excellent  bearer  of  fine  large  fruits. 
The  foregoing  are  all  good,  reliable  Apples,  adapted  chiefly 
for  warm,  fertile,  and  well  drained  soil.  Apples  as  a  rule  will 
succeed  in  stiff  ground  if  the  subsoil  is  free  from  stagnant  water. 
In  situations  where  ill  drainage  is  the  cause  of  failure,  it  is 
advisable  to  plant  on  raised  mounds,  and  to  artificially  drain 
the  subsoil  with  a  layer  of  broken  bricks  and  stones,  in  order  to 
prevent  the  roots  descending  into  an  uncongenial  medium. 
The  lateral  growth  of  the  roots  thus  made  will  be  in  a  warmer 
and  drier  medium,  and  if  duly  fed  and  supported  with  annual 
mulchings  of  manure,  and  appropriate  fertilisers  applied,  good 
crops  of  fruit  will  annually  result. — E.  D.  S. 
APPLE  YORKSHIRE  GREETING. 
Our  Illustrations  of  Apples. 
Special  attention  is  directed  to  the  outlines  of  fruit 
representing  six  splendid  varieties  of  Apples  on  these  pages. 
These  are — 1,  Apple  Tower  of  Glammis,  with  large,  conical, 
distinctly  four-sided  fruit,  whose  season  for  use  is  Novem¬ 
ber  to  February.  The  tree  is  an  excellent  bearer,  and  is 
one  of  the  finest  culinary  Apples  to  be  found  in  the  Clydesdale 
orchards,  and  gardens  of  the  Carse  of  Gowrie,  in  Scotland. 
The  next  is  that  beautiful  Apple,  Yorkshire  Greening, 
also  culinary.  It  is  useable  from  October  to  January,  and 
has  much  to  recommend  it.  Golden  Reinette  has  many 
synonyms,  and  Dr.  Hogg  gives  a  full  list  of  these  in  his 
“  Fruit  Manual.”  The  undersized  fruits  are  golden  in 
colour,  and  produced  in  the  greatest  abundance.  As  a 
variety,  Golden  Reinette  is  largely  grown,  or  used  to  be, 
in  gardens  and  orchards  around  London  for  market  pur¬ 
poses.  It  likes  a  light,  warm  soil,  whence  it  grows 
vigorously.  It  is  purely  a  dessert  Apple,  in  use  from 
November  till  April. 
Cockle’s  Pippin,  an  excellent  dessert  sort,  was  raised  in 
Sussex.  Its  flavour  is  very  fine,  and  the  fruits  are  in  use 
from  January  to  April. 
Nearly  every  Apple  grower  has  Alfriston,  whose  fruits  are 
of  the  largest  size  and  very  handsome  indeed.  Coming  into 
use  in  November,  this  culinary  •  Apple  lasts  good  till  April. 
On  well-drained  soils  Alfriston  does  grandly,  and  grows 
vigorously,  besides  yielding  heavy  crops.  And,  lastly,  there 
is  the  famous  Galloway  Pippin,  which,  as  Dr.  Hogg  has 
APPLE  GOLDEN  REINETTE. 
stated,  “  has  been  cultivated  in  Wigtown,  N.B.,  from  time 
immemorial.”  Our  outline  figure  shows  its  general 
chai’acter.  As  a  kitchen  Apple  few  are  better  adapted  for 
the  North,  where  it  lasts  well  into  the  new  year. 
Early  Dessert  Apples. 
Although  very  many  good  Apples  can  be  had  quits  late  in  spring, 
there  are  few  fruits  that  are  so  looked  foiward  to  as  the  early  dessert 
sorts.  There  is  a  freshness  about  an  early  ripened  Apple  that  is  not 
found  in  any  other  iruit,  and  it  is  not  second  in  importance  to  the 
first  Strawberry  in  many  gardens.  We  have  plenty  of  good  midseason 
sorts,  and  their  list  is  being  added  to  yearly,  but  the  number  of  really 
good  early  dessert  Apples  may  be  counted  on  the  finders  of  one  hand. 
Perhaps  some  may  be  inclined  to  disagree  with  me,  but  personally 
I  do  not  think  there  is  anything  to  beat  the  old  Devonshire 
Quarrenden.  When  the  tree  is  thriving  it  is  a  fine  bearer,  and  i  s 
very  handsome  appearance  is  all  in  its  favour.  The  flavour  is  always 
rich  and  juicy,  never  mealy  as  in  some  other  sorts,  and  taken  all  round 
I  know  of  no  other  that  could  take  its  place.  Duchess’  Favourite  is  a 
good  second,  a  beautiful  fruit  of  excellent  quality,  the  skin  thin,  and 
coloured  glossy  red  under  all  conditions  of  culture.  A  couple  ot  nice 
standard  trees  of  this  fine  variety  would  be  a  boon  in  any  garden 
where  there  is  a  brisk  demand  for  dessert  fruit  in  August.  Neither 
of  these  fine  varieties  like  hard  pruning. 
Irish  Peach  is  a  pretty  Apple,  and  when  takeu  just  at  the  right 
time  is  veiy  pleasantly  flavoured  ;  but  its  season  is  short,  and  though. 
