. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 148 MV In February and March we have, besides, the Duke of Devonshire (fig. 253), a new apple, hardly as yet come into extensive cultivation, but one which is manifestly an important late apple of high flavour. In April and May good apples are scarce, nevertheless the Sturmer Pippin (fig. 254) is still in great perfection; it keeps perfectly till June, and is a thoroughly good apple. Lastly, that too generally forgotten but ad- mirable apple, Ord's apple (fig.
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 148 MV In February and March we have, besides, the Duke of Devonshire (fig. 253), a new apple, hardly as yet come into extensive cultivation, but one which is manifestly an important late apple of high flavour. In April and May good apples are scarce, nevertheless the Sturmer Pippin (fig. 254) is still in great perfection; it keeps perfectly till June, and is a thoroughly good apple. Lastly, that too generally forgotten but ad- mirable apple, Ord's apple (fig. 255), carries on our ^'°'Appb.^"'^ dessert fruit till strawberries appear. Mr. Thompson highly commended this apple; Mr. Barron recommends it, and yet it is rarely to be obtained at any nursery-ground. I have ordered it several times, and have had an apple-tree of another kind sent to me (an unpardonable offence,' always to be severely censured). The Horticultural Society can supply grafts, and Mr. Lee of Hammersmith has trees for disposal. It is very desirable to promote an extensive cultivation of this variety, which, however, has the demerit of possessing neither beauty of form nor brightness of colour to recommend it. Out of my extensive collection, I cannot recommend more than the above for universal cultivation ; but no garden should be without all or the greater part of those which I have described. The apples which should be cultivated in quantities are the Devonshire Quarrenden, Ribston Pippin, Pitmaston Pineapple, Cox's Orange Pippin, Braddick's Nonpareil, Old Nonpareil, Pearson's Plate, Reinette du Canada, and Ord's Apple. All the apples, from the Ribston Pippin downwards, may be kept with care till June, and therefore I have recorded the period of ripening somewhat in the order in which the above-described kinds have been fit for use with us; but the time over which they may be made to last will depend upon the care taken in their conservation, as I have taste
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