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FRUIT CULTURE. 



Gooseberries, from 10s. to 15s. per 100. 

 Currants, Black and Red, from 8s. to 12s. per 100. 

 Raspberries, from 25s. to 35s. per 1,000. 

 Strawberry Runners, from 6s. to 10s. per 1,000. 



COST OF PREPARING LAND. 



Steam cultivator, twice over, including coals and water, 

 30s. to 40s. per acre. 



Double ploughing with subsoil plough, 30$. per acre. 



Digging, one spade deep, 4d. to 6d. per rod, 2 13s. 4>d. 

 to 4 per acre. 



Digging, two spades deep, Is. to Is. 6d. per rod. 8 to 

 12 per acre. 



COST OF CULTIVATION AND PRUNING. 

 Digging between trees with spade or fork, 20s. to 30s. 

 per acre. 



Hoeing according to weediness, 20s. 

 Pruning Standard Trees, 20s. per acre. 

 Pruning Black Currants, 18s. per acre. 

 Pruning Red Currants, 22s. per acre. 

 Pruning Gooseberries, 25s. to 30s. per acre, 

 Pruning Raspberries, 9s. to 12s. per acre. 



COST OF PICKING FRUIT, AND YIELD PER ACRE. 

 For these figures I am indebted to Mr. Cecil Hooper, 

 who has carefully collected the information from many 

 Kent growers 



Strawberry 

 Raspberry 

 Grooseberry 

 Red Currant 



