This section is from the "The Fruit Manual; Containing The Descriptions and synonymes of the fruits and fruit trees commonly met with in the gardens & orchards of Great Britain, with selected lists of those most worthy of cultivation" book, by Robert Hogg. Also available from Amazon: The Fruit Manual
These all succeed well in the open ground, or as espaliers; and those for dessert use are all worthy of being grown against a wall, when they are much improved both in quality and earliness.
For Dessert Use.
June Royal Duke
Belle d'Orleans Delicate
Early Purple Gean Duchesse de Palluau
Baumann's May Monstrous Heart
Early Prolific Joc-o-sot
Werder's Early Black Mammoth
Bowyer's Early Heart Mary
Bigarreau
July
Knight's Early Black August.
Black Tartarian Late Duke
Waterloo Florence
Governor Wood Kennicott
Belle de Choisy Bed Jacket
May Duke Tecumseh
Jeffreys' Duke
Cleveland Bigarreau September.
Rockport Bigarreau Coe's Late Carnation
Black Eagle Buttner's Yellow
Elton Bigarreau de Hildesheim
Osceola Belle Agathe
For Kitchen Use.
Kentish Belle Magnifique
Griotte de Chaux Morello
These being vigorous-growing and hardy varieties, and all, in various degrees, abundant bearers, are well adapted for orchard planting.
Early Prolific Kentish
Knight's Early Black Mammoth
Black Tartarian Mary *
Adams' Crown Bigarreau
May Duke Amber Gean
Elton Late Duke
Black Hawk Kennicott
Buttner's Black Heart Red Jacket
Hogg's Black Gean Tecumseh
Hogg's Red Gean Belle Agathe
 
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