This section is from the book "The Fruit Manual: Containing The Descriptions And Synonyms Of The Fruits And Fruit Trees Of Great Britain", by Robert Hogg. Also available from Amazon: The Fruit Manual.
Those marked with an asterisk are adapted for small collections.
These all succeed well in the open ground, or as espaliers; and those for dessert use are worthy of being grown against a wall, when they are much improved both in quality and earliness.
For Dessert Use.
June.
Belle d'Orléans *Early Purple Gean •Early Jaboulay
Early Lyons
Early Red Bigarreau
Early Rivers
July.
Knight's Early Black *Black Tartarian "Waterloo Governor Wood Belle de Choisy
Transparent
Clevelaud Bigarreau
BohemianBlackBigarreau *Elton
Oceola
Royal Duke
Duchesse de Palluau
Monstrous Heart
Joc-o-sot
Mammoth *Mary Bigarreau
August. Florence Kennicott Red Jacket Tecumseh Late Duke
September. Coe's Late Carnation Büttner's Yellow Bigarreau deHildesheim Rival Belle Agathe
For Kitchen Use.
*Kentish Griotte de Chaux
*Belle Magnifique *Morello
These being vigorous-growing and hardy varieties, and all, in various degrees, abundant bearers, are well adapted for orchard planting.
Early Prolific Knight's Early Black Black Tartarian Adams's Crown May Duke Elton Black Hawk
Büttner's Black Heart
Kentish
Mammoth
Mary
Bigarreau
Late Duke Kennicott Red Jacket Rival Tecumseh Belle Agathe
 
Continue to: