HO FRUIT FARMING 



CHAPTER XVII. 



EXTRA FRUITS. 



We have now glanced at those market fruits most 

 usually cultivated, but, before dismissing the subject, 

 we would make some remarks on others that are 

 grown less frequently, and which might in some cases 

 be cultivated with profit. No one can see the laborious 

 efforts of the vine growers on the Continent, with 

 their miles of terraced hillsides where a lodgment is 

 effected for their favourite fruit by sheer labour, with- 

 out thinking that there are many wild places in 

 England where not only Grapes, but Figs, and possibly 

 Peaches could be grown in quantity in the open. In 

 Devonshire and the South there are many wild places, 

 where, with protection from winds, much useless rocky 

 land could be utilized, and old disused quarries, gravel 

 pits, and sand-holes be made luxuriant ; while pond 

 banks and damp situations could be planted with 

 Quinces. These sell well, and a taste for them is 

 growing. Quince marmalade is a very acceptable 

 relish ; and a few trees about the farm-yard and duck 

 pond would not only be lovely in flower, but produce 

 fine fruit. 



i. GRAPES. The White Sweetwater and Gamay Noir 

 with the old Black Cluster and Brandt are generally 

 very acceptable, and would be more so were they 

 better cultivated and the bunches and berries thinned 

 out. They would then ripen, and have larger berries. 

 Reine Olga is also a fine out-door grape, with tawny 



