PRACTICE OF AGRICULTUn I P m ITT. 



' JOCU ' '-• '* .1 on, , Mire I ..u. .-, Vi|«i!m>i1, lieurre Spenr.-, V.U1-- pippin, 



'. I 11 >!•'. plpp i I in-i. 



--.I quality, I kehouse r ■ .. Chaumoi 



r. gulden II41 til-. Scotch Comuck, black . Vstanvtotm. 



Winter ami ' Pren h crab, Norfolk Winter mi, I Sprintt Table Peare. St. Germain, licurre 



. paywell, irl winter dlitver, | 'biTsr, poire d'Auch, boa clm-tim 



:' Kent, d*hlver, beigamole dlilver, Vcntu tl'tn • ■ ■ . beurn 



ffooa/i apple, '■<■ n ■" pippin, skinless winter verte ion,' present 



in.irm.iii.il- pippin, wmt. deMaHni . ! len. 



pippin, in.irin.ii i.li pippin, ii ■ Ma nn--, bon IViallnoUe, DIUen, 



i I. lit- white P . Dufflin, wood ■ •■.. ' ■ ' St. Germain, mange 



/■ Pw r. Aston-town, achan red, achan green, swarfs 

 b. Wind r, grey beurrd, orange bei i. i. 



Downton, S Kingston black, 



Sm 

 mtar bon Chretien, earrj bcrgamoi, Jullcn archiduc d'ete*, I Couronne, black hearty bloc! ; ton, M^e- 



reau, white heart. 

 /■ . (Vindsor, BdelcrantZj /'/»,/«. Orleans, green gage, wineiour, Coopert large red, 

 bonuin magnum, Coe's golden drop. 

 Autumn Titbit Peart, G one, brown 



: ^. Ronalds of Brentford, who is perhaps better acquainted with English apples 

 than any other individual, recommends the following sorts : — 



i i!i. Vs\ t.mrv, i: i.t,n-d rdmrta, brandy amde* Robiiison'srippin, new scarlet nonpareil, 



Quarend Pl'le, lafameuse, snmmer oslin, summer rernspippin, redley'i pippin, Cronon pippin, nutmeg 



golden pippin, Duchi of Oldenburgh, Kerry pippin. pippin, Wykin pippin, russet pearraain, Parry'i 



At. Nonesuch, Spring grove, Manas new green nonpareil, neu golden pippin, tulip apple, couit 



codlin, HawthoiTtden, fine strip) ; General Arabln, Wormsley pendu plat rubra, golden \\ orcester. Dredge's golden pippin. 



iplceapple. Winter baking Applet. Large russet, transj 



Autumn Tabt Apple*. Margil, Downton pippin, Keddle- russet, French crab, Minimi! crab, Nori 



stone pip] I i.inkiiii' golden pippin, Delaware, aromatic pippin, London pippin, new scarlet pearmain, Kirk' 



Duke of Wellington, Yorkshire greening, Kymer, Deeping 



Autumn t;u>in^ Appb t. Hollandoury, beauty of Kent, Sa- pippin, pound apple I American). 



lop] un apple, u>.ii!cn burr, Russian apple. Emperor Alexander, Cider Apples. Bitter sweet, Siberian ETervey, Foxley apple, 



codlin, (iratenstein, jello« bow [Amei coccageej Fyrus (uniaue, Tartarian crab), Siberian I .■ * t- r 



ti, t, . /,. | nparcil, Morris's russet, Bringwood I crab, transparent crab, Beeping pippin, Downton pipp n, 



pippin, King I leorge, Sykehouse, Court Wyke pippin, Christie's Brentford crab, (jirdWr*b targe striped. 



4099. Pearson «f Chilwell recommends the following apples as very select: — 



/ in tarty Dettert, the Beglestone summering, Waterloo Manks codlin, American summering^ and Hawthi 



pippin, ana PerfecCsJuneating. / won, the Bur- /'.■' middle Season, Gi ppin, malster, and Bail d 



Km, i/ird Lennox, Pike's pearmain, and Blenheim orange, free-bearer. Furlong Keeping/ Caldwell, Normanton wonder, 



For lah Keeping, rVollaton pippin, Bess Pool, Keddlestona and northern greening. A u the foregoing will dov.il; as dwarfs 



pippin, and Hartford'.s russet. For KittAen I >e, early, the on Paradise stocks. [Gard. M<i^-. vol. vi.) 



4100. The cultivation of the plum appears to us deserving of more encouragement than 

 it generally meets with. Not only docs the fruit make excellent pies and tarts, hut it 

 may be kept in large quantities, so as to be ready for that purpose at any period of the 

 year. They also make a sort of wine, and with other fruits and ingredients form one 

 of the best substitutes for port. The damson, bullace, and some other varieties, will 

 grow and bear very high-flavoured fruit in hedges where the soil is dry below and not 

 too thin. The fruit of the sloe is, for wine-making, superior to that of the plum, and 

 nearly as good for tarts. 



4101. The cherry is of more limited culture than any of the foregoing fruits ; because 

 chiefly used for eating, and not being of a nature to keep. Near large towns they may 

 be cultivated to a certain extent. In Kent and Hertfordshire are the cherry orchards 

 which afford the chief supplies for the London market. The sorts are chiefly the caroon, 

 small black or Kentish, the May-duke, and the morello ; but Holman's duke, the 

 black heart, and the large gean, will do well in orchards. 



4102. The walnut and S/mnish chestnut may be advantageously planted on the outskirts 

 of orchards to shelter them, and a few of them in hedge-rows where the climate is likely 

 to ripen their fruit. The chestnut can hardly be considered as ripening north of London, 

 or the walnut north of Newcastle. 1'oth trees, however, may he planted for their timber 

 in moderately sheltered situations, in most parts of the British Isles. 



4103. The elder is not beneath notice as an orchard tree. It need seldom be planted 

 as a standard ; but in unpruned hedges on a soft, deep, and rather rich soil, it yields 

 great quantities of fruit, which is readily manufactured into a sort of wine esteemed by 

 many persons when warmed, and forms a comfortable evening draught for the cottager. 

 No (Tee requires less care: it propagates readily by cuttings or seeds, and requires little 

 or no pruning; but, though it will grow in any soil whatever, it will produce no fruit 

 worth mentioning on any but one tolerably deep and rich, and must be cut down when 

 it begins to show indications of age. 



4104. The JUbert, currant, gooseberry, raspberry, and some other fruits, arc cultivated 

 extensively near large towns ; but the treatment they require renders them in our opinion 

 unfit for farm orchards. 



■1105. In choosing trees fir orchards, standards, sufficiently tall to admit of horses and 

 cattle grazing under them, should always be preferred. Maiden plants, or such as are 

 only two years from the bud or graft, are the most certain of success ; the apples being 

 worked on crab, the pears on wilding, and the cherries on gean stoeks. The common 

 baking plums need not be grafted at all, but the better sorts should either be grafted or 

 budded on damson stems. Where budded or grafted chestnuts and walnuts can be got, 

 they should always be preferred as coming much sooner into bearing. The former may 

 be had from the Devonshire nurseries, and some public gardeners about London are now 

 attempting to inarch and bud (he walnut. 



•lKHj. With respect to the distance at which orchard trees may be planted, every thing 

 will depend on the use which is intended to he made of the ground. Where the soil is 



