. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. Fig. 883.—Apple. Hamblings Seedling. (J.) Fruit small, oval or rounded, yellowish covered with russet,richly flavoured. Irish Peach (fig. 884).—Dessert. August. An oldfavourite, but now closely rivalled by Early Peach andLady Sudeley. Tree open, moderately branched ; is beston the Paradise, but can be grown into fine bushes on a 88 THE GARDENERS ASSISTANT. Free stock. Careful pruning is needed, -as it fruits chieflyat the points of the branches. Fruit small to ^medium,round, yellow an
. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. Fig. 883.—Apple. Hamblings Seedling. (J.) Fruit small, oval or rounded, yellowish covered with russet,richly flavoured. Irish Peach (fig. 884).—Dessert. August. An oldfavourite, but now closely rivalled by Early Peach andLady Sudeley. Tree open, moderately branched ; is beston the Paradise, but can be grown into fine bushes on a 88 THE GARDENERS ASSISTANT. Free stock. Careful pruning is needed, -as it fruits chieflyat the points of the branches. Fruit small to ^medium,round, yellow and red, richly Fig. 884— Apple. Irish Peach. (}.) Keddleston Pippin.—Dessert. December-March. Ofhigh quality, small but useful. Tree of moderate growth,best on the Paradise stock as a pyramid. Fruit small,round, golden-yellow with russet, flavour rich and sweet. Kerry Pippin.—Dessert. September-October. An oldIrish Apple of much merit, hardy and prolific, but some-times discarded on account of its small size. Tree erect,compact, of medium growth. Where it does not thriveon the Paradise, a Free stock generally produces betterresults. Fruit small, round or ovoid, yellow and bright-red, richly aromatic when fully ripe. Keswick Codlin.—Culinary. August-September. Pro-lific and excellent for cooking, but rather small as com-pared with other Apples of the season. An improvedvariety is grown in some nurseries. Tree erect, of mediumgrowth, very prolific on a Dwarfing stock, stronger ingrowth on the Crab. Fruit medium, conical, ribbed, deep-yellow, moderately acid but well-flavoured. King of the Pipp
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