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HORTICULTURE 



LECT. x 



worth, Mr. Win. Jacob, and this is what he says in a 

 letter : " The field of allotments, of which my garden 

 forms part, has fifteen tenants. The landlord worked 

 it as a corn field, but could not make it pay, so made 

 it into gardens of about 40 rods each a quarter of 

 an acre. The land now gives a rental of nearly 35 

 a year to the landlord, and yields fruit and vegetables 

 valued at 400. I gave 5 10s. for 75 rods, but it 



FIG. 36. RAISING AND PLANTING STRAWBERRIES. 



Central example, raising plants from runners pegged in turves and pots. 

 Left and right examples represent bad and good planting : bad, few 

 roots doubled in : good, many roots spread out in the soil. Plants in 

 pots or turves only need the roots slightly liberated and very little soil 

 removed from them in planting. 



is in the best position. I have taken 200 prizes at 

 shows, winning between 4 and 5 a year; and 

 visitors from all parts say my plot is the most pro- 

 ductive in Britain." 



That shows what can be done by able and earnest 

 workers, and this man pays rent at the rate of 11 

 an acre without a murmur, making a great deal 

 more profit out of the land than most men do out of 

 plots for which they do not pay a quarter the rent. 





