422 FRUIT CULTURE FOR PROFIT. 



Chretien, Beurre de Capiaumont, Beurre d'Amanlis, 

 Madame Treyve, Marie Louise d'Uccle, Vicar of Wink- 

 field, and Doyenne d'Ete are the most profitable sorts 

 to grow in Hertfordshire ; Louise Bonne of Jersey, where 

 it will grow well, and Marie Louise, where it will bear 

 freely, are also desirable varieties on account of their 

 superior flavour. 



Clierries like a lighter and deeper soil than apples. 

 The May Duke, Bigarreau Napoleon, Kentish, Bigarreau 

 d'Esperen, Black Tartarian, Governor Wood, Frogmore, 

 Early Bigarreau, and White Heart are good sorts. 



Strawberries. Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury, Sir J. 

 Paxton, Elton Pine, President, Dr Hogg, James Veitch, 

 Loxford Hall Seedling, Premier, Oscar, and Sir C. Napier 

 are, according to my experience, the most desirable sorts 

 to grow for profit. 



Raspberries. Carter's Prolific, Fastolf, Fillbasket, 

 Yellow Antwerp, Semper Fidelis, Red Antwerp, and 

 Baumforth's Seedling are the best. 



Currants. Of currants I should choose Black Naples, 

 Red Dutch, Raby Castle, La Versaillaise, Cherry, and 

 Lee's Prolific. 



Gooseberries. Whitesmith, Warrington, Crown Bob, 

 Lion's Provider, Roaring Lion, Broom Girl, Dublin, 

 Lancashire Lad, and Companion are good sorts. 



In selecting all sorts of fruits it should not be forgotten 

 that, as previously mentioned, some sorts flower later than 

 others, and the blossoms of some sorts are more frost- 

 proof than others, and thus the crop is often saved by late 

 flowering or frost-resisting blossoms. If I were about to 

 plant fruit trees for profit, I should look closely to these 

 matters in the selection of sorts. I would also examine 

 all the fruit trees, and talk to all the practical gardeners in 

 the neighbourhood whom I could persuade to listen to me, 

 to ascertain which sorts produced the best and most cer- 

 tain crops in the district. 



4. Cultivation. There is no greater mistake than to 



