APPENDIX. 



Varieties of Fruit Now Grown for Profit in 

 North-West Kent. 



Kindly supplied by Sidney Lee, of Crockenhill, 

 Kent. 



Strawbekries. — Paxton (if it will grow), 

 Laxton (liable to mildew), Laxtonian (not very 

 robust), Sovereign (getting weaker). 



Easpberries. — Hornet, Superlative, Devon. 



Gooseberry. — Lancashire Lad. 



Red Currant. — Fay's Prolific (early but sus- 

 ceptible to frost), Eaby Castle, Wilson's Long 

 Bunch (late). 



Black Currant. — Baldwin, Seabrook's, Edina. 



Plums. — Victoria, Czar, Pershore Yellow Egg. 



Pears. — Conference, Marillat, Louise Bon, 

 Jules Guyot (on quince), Fertility, Hessle (on 

 pear stock). 



Apples. — Bramley, Newton Wonder, Albert, 

 Grenadier, either Early Victoria or Rivers' 

 Early, Worcester, Allington and King Pippin. 



Apples and Pears for Cordons. — Messrs. W. 

 Seabrook and Sons, of Chelmsford, who have 

 great experience with cordon trees, have given 

 me their opinion as to the best varieties for 

 commercial purposes. Generally speaking, 

 Stirling Castle, Lord Derby, Lane's Prince 

 Albert, James Grieve, Allington Pippin and 

 Cox's Orange Pijopin are the best six apples; and 

 Conference, Dr. Jules Guyot and Marguerite 

 Marillat the best three jDears for cordons. 



Cherries (recommended by Mr. Fred Smith 

 for Kent). — Early Rivers, Waterloo, Kentish 

 Bigarreau, Napoleon and Kentish Preserving. 



Apricot Trees are trained on the walls of 

 nearly every house in Aynhoe, in Northampton- 

 shire; it is therefore called "the Apricot 

 Village," the variety chiefly grown being "Moor- 

 park." In many cases the produce of the trees 

 pays the rent of the cottage. 

 Distances recommended for Planting Fruit Trees 

 in Kent on good fruit land ; on poor land 

 the distances may be reduced. 



Cherries (spreading), 35 to 40 feet apart, 35 

 to 27 per acre. 



Cherries (smaller growing), 25 to 35 feet apart, 

 70 to 35 per acre. 



Apples, standard (strong growers), 30 feet 

 apart, 48 per acre. 



Apples, standard (smaller growers), also half- 

 standard (strong growers), 20 to 25 feet apart, 

 109 to 70 per acre. 



Pear and Plum standards (Bush and Black 

 Diamond plums), 20 feet apart, 94 per acre. 



Apples, bush (strong growers), and Plum, haJf- 

 standard (spreading, as Rivers'), 15 feet apart, 

 194 per acre. 



Apples, bush on Paradise, and Plums (upright 

 growers), 12 feet apart, 302 per acre. 



Pears on quince, 10 feet apart, 435 per acre. 



Gooseberries and Currants, 5 to 6 feet apart, 

 1,742 to 1,210 per acre. 



Habit of Growth of Fruit Trees in Kent. 



Apples of strong growth : Bramley, Newton, 

 Annie Elizabeth, Beauty of Bath. ' Apples of 

 intermediate growth : James Grieve, Rival, 

 Allington, Worcester, Lord Derby, Cox's Orange. 

 Apples of weak growth : Lane's, Grenadier, 

 Early Victoria, Stirling Castle, Gladstone. 



Plums of strong growth : Czar, Belle de 

 Louvain, Bush, Pond's Seedling. Monarch. 

 Plums of weak growth : Victoria, Rivers' Early 

 Prolific, Pershore Egg, Pershore Purple, Damson. 



Pears (for bush at 12 feet apart) : Conference, 

 Dr. Jules Guyot, Fertility, Durondeau, Clapp's 

 Favourite, Hessle. (W.M.) 



Number of Varieties of Apple on a Farm. 



For 50 acres of apple plantation ten varieties 

 of culinary and six varieties of dessert apples 

 will afford an ample range of variety. Under 

 present market conditions it is advisable to con- 

 fine one's selection to varieties that can be sent 

 to market straight off the trees, the returns of 

 which can be snugly harvested in the grower's 

 bank by the first week in October. (W. G. 

 Lobjoit.) 



Best Varieties for Regrafting. 



Apples. — Bramley, Newton, Derby, Victoria 

 and Early Rivers (if plenty of space) ; Grenadier 

 and Prince Albert (if space limited). (S. L.) 



Pears. — (1) Conference, (2) Hampton's Berga- 

 mot. The variety for regrafting pears must be 

 a strong grower and healthy, and will vary with 

 the district. (S. L.) Windsor is recommended 

 for regrafting old pear trees by Mr. Cuthbert 

 Smith. 



Plums. — Regrafting not usually satisfactory; 

 neither are they often headed back, as damsons 

 used to be, for fear of "silver leaf." 



Cherries. — Napoleon has been successfully 

 used for regrafting cherry trees in order to im- 

 prove the varieties, but regrafting cherries is 

 not always successful, as they are apt to gum. 

 Length of Life of Fruit Trees. 



That apple trees will live to 200 years or longer 

 is shown by a tree at Horton, in Buckingham- 



