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some varieties of which will thrive and produce large crops 

 of good fruit in almost any well-drained soil when grafted 

 or budded on the crab or apple stock ; the paradise stock, 

 according to my experience, is not so good as the preced- 

 ing for field culture. I admit that apples grown on the 

 paradise stock, and pears grown on the quince stock, will 

 if highly cultivated produce the finest fruit, and are often 

 the most desirable for gardens ; but in orchards would this 

 high cultivation pay ? The grower for profit wants quan- 

 tity as well as quality, which apple and pear trees on these 

 stocks do not generally give. 



There are twenty-four sorts of Apples which I should 

 plant in preference to others in my own county (Hertford- 

 shire), having an eye to the disposal of the crop as well 

 as to its production ; they are Blenheim Orange, Cox's 

 Orange Pippin, Cox's Pomona, Devonshire Quarrenden, 

 Ecklinville Seedling, Duchess of Oldenburgh, Irish Peach, 

 Keswick Codlin, King of the Pippins, Lord Suffield, 

 Small's Admirable, Stirling Castle, Sturmer Pippin, War- 

 ner's King, Wellington, New Hawthornden, Cellini, Dutch 

 Mignon, Beauty of Kent, Lane's Prince Albert, Northern 

 Greening, Worcester Pearmain, Early Julien, and Golden 

 Spire. 



I can speak favourably of the Ecklinville Seedling 

 apple from experiments made both in Herts and Sussex. 

 I planted in Sussex four years ago 200 dwarf Ecklinville 

 apples ; the soil, a quarter of an acre, was good, and had 

 been subsoiled 18 inches deep two or three years pre- 

 viously. The trees grew well; the third year they pro- 

 duced 5 bushels, the fourth year 17 bushels, which sold on 

 the ground at 55. per bushel. They were planted about 

 6" ft. by 6 ft, but strong growers might be planted 9 ft. by 

 9 ft, and small fruits, such as gooseberries and currants, 

 or vegetables, might be grown between the trees for 

 a few years. I estimate the prime cost and expenses 

 of planting and cultivating of the 200 Ecklinville 



