Early Apples The private gardener as well as the commercial
grower is always seeking for the best apple of the early autumn. Having made the search with others and having planted a new orchard, of which the first-fruits are now being reaped, I have made my final choice for what it is worth. It is the Langley Pippin. One of its virtues is that it has a bouquet that would make the fortune of a vintage wine. It is enjoyable before it is tasted ; and the taste quite fulfils expectations. It was ripe and delicious this year, before the last week of August. Now Beauty of Bath is " a good looker " and sells well, but there, perhaps, its virtues end. Worcester Pearmaiu is doubtless too lightly regarded by the specialists, who dislike its sugariness and do not like its habit of fruiting at the end of branches ; but the accusations hold. Sonic of us enjoy eating the Codlin tribe, but they are essentially " cookers." The lush Peach is worth growing for its earliness and the original quaintness of its flavour ; but, to my taste at any rate, none of them can bear any compariscin with Langley'S Pippin, especially if the comparison is " odorous."
W. BEACH THOMAS.
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