Jaxvary 7, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
1 
€ GROWING IN KENT. 
їн Ee uch amused in Fas: the ар) 
at p. g^ 18 864, 1 by a “Kentish Fruit desierit 
commences with such a stretch of imagination as p 
assume e that he me e: Apple trees at "n 6d. each. No 
hi ould think of doing в A а 
of del Seriously, this para continues until October ; and before it has done 
quite worthy of earnest attentio gh- | lowering 
| eon with a brighter Ее but with aisol decidedi у n is a magnificent species, well deserving 
o | its n the king of all the Tritomas, 16 ie 
e la: 
French fruit өйдө: visited this 
have i4 aed бг it was 
iv: 
mer 
place, and A ph much taken with the calcareous 
f most of d ДА” here, and said that he ha 
n fin idin ng i n France soils like 
e, for it i 
very different Koki the former, being much stronger in 
growth, with the leaves shorter and E at = 
base, green or slightly glaucous, and r ing. 
flower-spikes are from 5 eet in height, and the 
blossoms of a bright ана and уе hang on the 
spike for a much longer period, and come in greater 
d vri in the other. "t оной flowering 
fuk Наб that Же ты recently pb a piece, 40 
acres, near I Rouen, whi ich | he inte nde d, to devote to the 
The F A 
риу. Wit 
most exceptional se 
he 
on, acquainted with the nature of soils and thoir iim. 
f fr 
e rren 
eu growers as a class are very superior men, w 
of September, and continues throwing 
up unti г. A boxful of flowers was sent from 
ed entry to London for examination, on New 
T 1 
feel convinced that these two fine decorative plants, 
TAE, seen and properly Ао, will be much more 
all that your correspondent says about their price is, T rait , 8 and also with fruit extensi ively giova than they hitherto have been 
have no doubt, perfectly correct, for 5. ow that in breeds ocks I m any plant in cultivation as а hardy 
some orchards they have not been c d worth | wish S make invidious compa riso й t have herbaceous plant. that сап ЛАЙ with api flowering 
the trouble of tering x: üne fruit, such asI|not found much of this kind of ОКНО 1 in RR onths of the later portion 
for на еы: ation, when ean ' realise liae po erfect. Шу the а praan position of cis of the: 
e: ома aud packe ewe and to Covent — hardists, а young man e for к. du either er planted 
arket, where really good "alt is appre- |rited an orchard of el fine 2 Apple к> whioh had — y ink umps;-a-—hnrge-1:ass 
dated, Qo а remunerating price, as I have оле | К planted between 1750 апа 1760. n^ of these each, they p Md - features as P 
—Cox's Orange Pippin, 6s, per bushel, and Old|grand old trees used to r а 1 beaut gran 
npareil, 8з. 6d. peri ; кү tom е such prices the| per tree. Among them num orts, 4 |a чос I^ for ri тч of the conservatory, 
fruit must be fine y selected. Mine were | that when the winter LX were Eod in the|by pot it in, i s an ging the pots in the 
refull 
qu a e bushes, the fi fruit Mei; : thinned, and 
ing t eir growin, the surfa ree of * “Mother 
Earth,” ie ben: nofiting та ih БРД radiat 
zm auti tiful. This is iim: effect of Pies 'eultivatiba. | 
“ gro wn "inKe nt, » - eultivated. Aud then 
market, for the 11085 
ent —BSpitalfields, and и - most part it is sent in 
e E in ela "e: my mar 
kee 
fruit room, there were © cotchels ”, (the term used b 
the labourers here for small L фай өз, without end. | 
pluugin 
r, when bun shou 
up and plaso in the conservator 
I 
| was € tired of this, and by assisting the old trees 
in dying, and re-gratting the trees not too old, I suc- 
arket varie - z two 2 
I have since then had a 
S, 
+ 
І soon;tound that I bad t many ya coge giving of the year the conservato 
| extra trouble both in gathering a and s in enliven it E" о soil, if it ather light, I would 
dvise {1 should be trenched as deeply as possible, 
| time, thus requ iring much care in а ng pais putting nty of cowdu 3 bottom, and also 
it n 
trouble wit ih ma my 
prie e of Apples. If theo, the s Kentish еш E ы 
t sho uld be mixe ed with a а quantity zt it or coarse 
t The plants will grow almost 
anywhere—by 1 ak ponds, in the flo ТЫ кы 
Б or 
"3 Баео нат 
bushel measuros, s but seldom UD 
selected as to size and qua c. 
To support my vague cca fruit is lti 
in Ken e only the 
havı ony о 2 my own 
I к вееп what I allude to but as there is no r 
d his soil, but taking. great care that the sorts he selects | 
well in 
will be marketable at a season 
hop 
Poenus favoured T climate, 
m ing 
soil, and site. I hav 
e when there i 
о seen standard fruit trees planted mu 
s. leash fear of 5 Ешь he may re-graft IN 
not too Дарат eos p 
dpe- e will 
with his 5 orchards E. more salisfac- 
for 
carefully dug а т deep every year, and all the 
surface 3 roots driven from the beneficial effects of sun 
and orchards und 
on: 
bearing too many — à Mns gp tin none at | so 
planted 
ave seen y, orchards 
irregulacly od fit P of. ad sorts app 
gled, so 0 and s ome 40 foot. from, ‘ench | 
M us Now, in ll iis t tisa 
M 5: m 
t I am quite satisfied they "5, чмо а а 
ше щу of moisture. If the soil is uitable 
т them, it can, by a little assistance, be dida 
T eb dA Nt readily 
dry, like that t p 
4 а Ъе pu РА and ied freely rt. time 
In winter the ground close around them 
and 
ere, the tops cM to 
J 
m 
е should e covered with rotten tan or leaf mould; 
ot in the тау that а |! 
300 | 
ог the Surrey | 
nurseries, of some 20, 30, на ide and 
trees ali good "— эа not sariok wisely. Well, 
| these лд. аге відс osebe erry Pushes and | 
1 
900 
osa 
r dry Fern. Nothing 
more ж t4 required ВЫТ May, when some rotten 
cowdung should be forked in eios them. Their long, 
чу: ooking flower spikes have gained for nes 
vulgar name of Red-hot Poker plants. 7. Brow 
“the harsh ordeal of actual practice," io quote 
words of your eorrespondent, who is Ron ‘an doubtedly 
“ Kentish F. vator. The 
367. m annum imaginar 
him; and I also observe that he fixes the; алып 
ойно of e 
A x 
e fine trees, - as I hav 3 bear quantities of | 
frait i in sterne чот auk few от none іп seasons 
the converse. this must if t 
“Kentish Е 
position, and as he is dou 
decent crop every 
ted by t the 
e | refuse to 
markets, and is pé e 
m"! із е his nein s are full) at th 
* Kentish Man," we shall уе Кеп "- ed. aud wie : 
"Perhaps pe 4. Jean Crapaud has | 
Wae are unacquainted with. the | бав of Me & 
A Isaacs, of Edmon! 
Home Correspondence. 
Gardeners and Under Gardene 
a knowledge of gardening must be impressed with 
fact, that whatever the amount 2 "information а 
etical o; ti 
gra inds of 
and then ap m must 2 but E wild, but grand- 
looking s ds (an old orchard на а farm house 
is the most онсе picture of Eng lish 
can be в een), but trees all under 
iadi, Li 
ral life n: 
ru that bl 
arises in some measure from "ns way in wich 
A boy is taken to work in the 
lion, aud not fruit 
Аз faras T farmers in. 
instances sublet their MÀ ус» them 4$ "infra 
dig. ^ «ада І: опада they 
Reese 
P mor at red ртн Вн ч wil be — to Sim а 
те: 
a e а Ки рве ome of those numerous favoui urable 
if the 
i» deep digging must be asciende no Potatos, or Goose- 
а | berry or careful good culture, so 
eultivato: ог, 
eason, and sh рше secundum artem ; 
or Currant trees, but 
f fruit 
aet 4 acres of common orchard trees. 
pass, for every passing season 
г ^ much to 7 бад rn in open air 
Y | be secured t 
This will su 
tells me that 
fruit-tree оге, d Yet 
tive 
ITOMA, 
THE two finest KŠA BE this genus—sometimes 
—are those Tavo g £ ‚Т. Uvaria glau- | 8i 
4+, 
v his tree, во that the |fruit may be тел p Ds ар 
the shoots pinched in 
| garden, 
when the youth has to 
task to those whose minds t 
youths to рш forvard, providna е 
ho|will engage non 
mly, 
an ату for it is se 
cing their Pun 5. dee If they can 
ke cd place themi in what 
agine deg! ea phá үе position ; 
qs Sprenticoshlp g take 
ds ferui 
а = 
: e 
É 
а-а рн ards 
| his own exertions. абя d certain individuals w 
of the real value of 
x What I - 
, to impress upon gard n superintendents is 
SES gie employing boys should 
ucation, 
at any 
a living 
in physical pro- 
just probable that our fruit 
тз ald le to 
= (they would make capital mummies), so 
that 
difference 
between a fruit grower of а icai A Lean 
etti анар prn 0 day pom өзү, - at they | 
ve broken — and flowered indifferently the 
xe api 
| or to 
as long, 
Slt anim as ы 
as to the best mode of carrying out 
Nothing is better pen than 
me branch 
Tasa. ani 
А improvements 
T. Uvaria 
undant "n езен 
nd these 
ees e restat had above 
ences to flower about the middle of August, and 
y. I would propose that b the ehief 
ead of them—not to be always with 
d a visit once a week, in order to 
са и cati A taii 
ge gardeners has 
of education for stud, 
gardener be at the h. 
io pay 
