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THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 





Fig. 12. COTTAGER'S FKUIT GARDEN. (Scale : 1 inch = 50 feet.) 



References: F, damson trees, 12 teet apart, 

 planted 1 foot from the hedge ; varieties : Rivers' 

 Early, Farleigh, Prune, Bradley's King. G, low 

 standard apple trees, 15 feet apart ; varieties : 

 Bramley's Seedling, Newton Wonder, two of 

 each, with standard filberts between. //, low 

 standard apple trees, 15 feet apart ; varieties : 

 Dumelow's Seedling, and New Northern 

 Greening, two of each. Space between F, 

 G, and If, red and white currant bushes, 

 5 feet apart, as shown by the crosses. I, 

 large permanent bush apple trees, 12 feet 

 apart; varieties: Lord Grosvenor, Ecklinville, 

 Golden Noble, Warner's King, Lord 'Derby, 

 and Hormead Pearmain, and between them 

 temporary trees of Domino, Potts' Seedling, 

 Stirling Castle, New Hawthornden, Murfitt's 

 Seedling, and Betty Geeson. J, large perma- 

 nent bush apple trees, 12 feet apart ; varieties : 

 Worcester Pearmain, Cox's Orange Pippin, 

 The Queen, Tyler's Kernel, Reinette de Canada, 

 Dutch Mignonne, Avith smaller temporary 

 trees between, of the before-named varieties. 

 K, pyramid or bush apple trees, 6 feet apart, 

 root pruned, or 12 feet unrestricted ; varieties : 

 Mr. Gladstone, Lady Sudeley, Duchess of 

 Oldenburg, Yorkshire Beauty, Queen Caroline, 

 Brownlee's Russet, Scarlet Nonpareil, Bau- 

 mann's Reinette, Lane's Prince Albeit, and 

 Sturmer Pippin. L, pyramid pear trees on 

 quince, 6 feet apart, root pruned, or if on pear 

 stocks and unrestricted, to be 12 feet ; varieties : 

 Jargonelle, Beacon, Williams's Bon Chretien, 

 Fertility, Madame Treyve, Beurre d'Amanlis, 

 Beurre Superfin, Emile d'Heyst, Magnate, 

 Durondeau, Pitmaston Duchess, Marie Louise 

 d'Uccle, and Doyenne du Cornice. M, plum 

 trees, standards, 15 feet apart ; varieties : Cox's 

 Emperor, Sultan, Victoria, Prince Engelbert, 

 Belgian Purple, Pond's Seedling, with dwarfs 

 between them of Stint and Rivers' Prolific. N, 

 plum trees, standards, 15 feet apart ; varieties : 

 Czar, Denniston's Superb, Gisborne's, Diamond, 

 Archduke and Monarch, with low standard nuts 

 0, ash path. P, gooseberry bushes, temporary : 

 R, gooseberry bushes : Keep- 



between ; varieties: Red Filbert, Dwarf Prolific, or Prize Cob. 



Berry's Early Kent, or Whitesmith. Q, black currant bushes : Baldwin's or Naples. 



sake, Whinham's Industry, Whitesmith, Crown Bob and Lancashire Lad for gathering green or ripe ; for preserving, 



Warrington. S, strawberries : Noble, Sir Joseph Paxton, Waterloo. T, parsley-leaved Bramble, or black currants. 



U, raspberries : Carter's Prolific, Rivers' Hornet, Superlative. V, gravel path. Fruit trees against cottage : j, 



Morello cherries ; k, pears : Marie Louise, Doyenne du Cornice and Marie Benoist ; I, apricots : Oullins Early Peach 



and Hemskerk ; ra, plums : Greengage and Coe's Golden Drop, all upright trained. References to cottage : n, ashpit ; 



o, earth closet ; p, coal-house ; q, pantry, ov*r all store-rooms ; r, scullery ; s, sitting-rooms ; t, entry and stairs ; 



u, kitchen, three bedrooms over. 



