26 EXPERIMENTS ON PROPAGATION OF OLD VARIETIES. 



mittee, kindly undertook to conduct the experiment with three 

 good old varieties of fruit which were almost gone. The result is 

 shown by the following " Special Report " to the members of the 

 Club, which was issued in June, 1883 ; — 



" The Pomona Committee have the great satisfaction to 

 inform the Members, that the experiments they have caused to be 

 carried on during the last four years, for the restoration of those 

 valuable orchard fruits, the Foxwhelp and Skyrnie^s Keuiel Apples, 

 and the Taynton Squash Pear, have completely succeeded. They 

 have now upwards of 800 young trees in vigorous health, viz : — 



Skyrme's Taynton 

 Foxwhelp. Kernel. Squash. 



One year maidens, about 3 ft. high ... 500 ... 100 ... 30 

 Two year's old trees, 4 to 5 ft. high ... 80 ... 30 ... 18 

 Standard ivjc7c//;^^ trees, 5 to 6 ft. high 100 



These young trees have been distributed through the county, and 

 so far as can be judged at present are doing well." 



The difficulty of procuring true grafts of the old noted 

 varieties is often very great; for example, it was not until 1883 

 that they were able to obtain grafts of those valuable fruits, Forest 

 Styre and Hagloe Crab. They were obtained at last through the 

 kindness of that excellent practical pomologist, Mr. William 

 ViNER Ellis, of Minsterworth, near Gloucester, who sent both 

 fruit and grafts, and these excellent varieties are now being 

 propagated by Messrs. Cranston «Sr Co., of King's Acre 

 Nurseries, Hereford. 



Modern Varieties of Orchard Vintage Fruits. — The new 

 varieties of Cider Apples and Perry Pears introduced into our 

 Orchards during the present century are very numerous. Several 

 of the old varieties already mentioned still remain with us and retain 

 this renown. The Foxwhelp which has been the favourite apple for 

 nearly two hundred years still lives and is propagated, and this is 

 also the case with several others of the old varieties, such as 

 Dymock Red ; Cowarne Red ; Bromley ; Styre Wilding; Skyrme's 

 Kernel ; Forest Styre; Woodsell ; Joeby Crab ; Hagloe Crab ; 

 Elliot ; Garter Apple^ with others of local repute. 



