Dwarf fruit trees

by F. A. Waugh

Mr. Gladstone	Aug.	Mother	Oct.
Devonshire Quarrenden	Aug.	Calville Rouge Precoce	Oct.
James Grieve	Sept.	Cox's Orange Pippin	Oct., Feb.
Wealthy	Oct.	St. Edmund's Pippin	Nov.
Margil	Oct.	Ross Nonpareil	Nov.
King of Pippins	Oct.	Fearn's Pippin.	Very late
Duchess of Oldenburg	Aug.	Lord Derby	Nov.
Pott's Seedling	Sept.	Bismarck	Dec.
Lord Grosvenor	Sept.	Lane's Prince Albert	Jan., March
Adams' Pearmain	Dec.	Lord Suffield	Sept.
Hubbard's Pearmain	Dec.	Grenadier	Sept., Oct.
Allington Pippin	Nov., Feb.	Golden Spire	Sept., Oct.
Scarlet Nonpareil	Jan., Feb.	Seaton House	Sept., Oct.
Norman's Pippin	Jan.	Sandringham	Feb.
Lord Burghley	Feb.	Alfriston	Feb., March
Duke of Devonshire	Feb.	Calville Malingre	Feb. to Mch.
Rosemary Russet	Feb.	Calville Rouge	Feb. to Mch.
Sturmer Pippin	Very late
Allen's Everlasting	Very late

The same authority recommends the following varieties to be grown on Paradise stocks as bushes:

Beauty of Bath	July, Aug.	Golden Spire	Sept., Oct.
Red Quarrenden	July, Aug.	Cox's Orange Pippin	Nov., Feb.
Lady Sudeley	Sept.	Beauty of Barnack	Nov.
Worcester Pearmain	Sept., Oct.	Allington Pippin	Dec., Feb.
Yellow Angestrie	Sept.	Gascoigne's Scarlet	Dec.
Duchess' Favorite	Sept. to Oct.	Christmas Pearmain	Dec.
King of the Pippins	Oct.	Winter Quarrenden	Dec.
Early White Transparent	J'ly.	Baumann's Reinette	Jan.
Lord Suffield	Aug., Sept.	Lord Derby	Oct., Nov.
Pott's Seedling	Aug., Sept.	Stone's Apple	Oct., Nov.
Lord Grosvenor	Aug., Sept.	Tower of Glamis	Oct., Nov.
Early Julien	Aug., Sept.	Warner's King	Oct., Nov.
Ecklinville Seedling	Sept., Oct.	Bismarck	Oct., Nov.
Grenadier	Sept., Oct.	Lane's Prince Albert	Dec., Mch.
Stirling Castle	Sept., Oct.	Bramley's Seedling	Dec., Mch.
		Newton Wonder	Dec., Mch.

Max Loebener in his book on dwarf fruits recommends the following varieties for dwarf apples:

Red Astrachan	July, Aug.	Belle de Boskoop	Nov., May
Yellow Transparent	Aug., Sept.	Virginia Rose	Aug.
Charlamowsky	Aug., Sept.	Red Peach Summer Apple	Aug., Sept.
Transparent de Croncels	Sept., Oct.	Lord Suffield	Aug., Oct.
Prince Apple	Sept., Jan.	Cellini	Sept., Nov.
Danzig	Oct., Dec.	Alexander	Oct., Dec.
Dean's Codlin	Oct. to Feb.	Gravenstein For moist soils, bears late	Oct. to Jan.
Landbury Reinette	Nov., Feb.	Yellow Richard	Nov., Dec.
Cox's Orange Requires good soil	Nov. to Mch.	Bismarck	Nov., Feb.
Winter Gold Pearmain	Nov., March	Yellow Bellflower Requires good position	Nov. to April
Ribston Pippin Good warm soil	Nov., April	Baumann's Reinette	Dec., May
Canada Reinette Hardy	Nov., April

Inasmuch as the advantages of the dwarf trees apply especially to the growing of fine fruit, only the better varieties should generally be propagated in this way. On this basis, therefore, rather than on the basis of adaptation learned from experience, the following varieties may be suggested among the well known American sorts for growing in dwarf form:

Baldwin	Yellow Transparent
Esopus	McIntosh
Mother	Red Astrachan
Williams' Favorite	Alexander
Sutton	Wolf River
King	Ribston Pippin
Northern Spy	Wealthy
Grimes	Wagener
Winesap

Of course, one propagating dwarf apples would always select his own favorites. It should be noticed that in the list given above are some varieties which are notable for beauty of appearance rather than for superior quality. They are recommended on the former consideration. Certain varieties in the list, for instance Alexander, are known to succeed especially well as dwarfs.

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