Apple, Early White Transparent.

Manawatu Herald, 26 October 1895, Page 3

Apple, Early White Transparent.

la a descriptive article by the Journal of Horticulture of Mr Geo. Bunyard's famous orchard in Kent, the writer says — "It is no easy matter to determine which particular .section of the great fruit tree emporium, at Allington merits the greatest admiration, tn each of the three breaks named are 40,000 trees, a sight not to be forgotten whether examined in the block of many acres, or individually by passing amongst the trees for noting the individual character and the magnificent fruits many of them were bearine ; serried ranks of Grenadiers ana sturdy Bismarcks ; glowing Gascoynes and pale globular Potts', striped Sudeley's and golden Jubilee's ; Newton Wonders, Worcester's, King's, Coxa, Ingestres, Pomonas, Spires, Gold Medals, not forgetting the bold Grosvetiors, and certainly not the Transparents. The names are jotted down in much the same manner as spoken in nursery parlance in passing down in the general review. Several fruits of these Varieties, with others, have since been exhibited, also the apple named the Early White Transparent, which was honored with an award of merit by the Royal Horticultural Society. These apple trees with their large, clean, beautiful straw colored fruits, and their wax like surfaces glistening among the dark green leaves, are pictures of beauty, and it is certain that if a thousand bushels of such fruits were offered at a Covent Garden sale they would " go " us fast as the bids could be taken. It is one of the most tempting of all the early Codlins, and as grown on healthy young trees in good soil the fruits are large enough for anybody.