200 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [AUGUST 15, 1874 
CONDITION OF THE FRUIT CROPS—(Continued). 
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COUNTY. APRICOTS. APPLES. PEARS. | PLUMS. | pERRIES. CHERRIES. AND NEC | Fre Seale T SUT prea: 
. EASTERN | | | | | 
COUNTIES. | | | | | | | 
LINCOLN ......| Abundant A complete Not an aver- Fair on walls,| A good cr | A poor crop, | A fair oP | A ae Earraid Walnuts and David L 
where pro- failure; a few age crop = failure on ea of TK ` injured by where pro- | air crop; Filb a ate —— 
tected, other-| only in shel- | standards duration spring frosts | ete | Sleaford 
wise tered parts | | | | | 
Fair crop Moderate ‘Good on walls eee A Good, but | Moderate | Average crop | Half crop, vote) hinh = |William Hurst, 
| small ; Ras — Park, 
| and standards! excessive —, dred | | | Gainsborough 
rought 
NORFOLEK....../ Very few ; de- we sha here, A good crop | Good onthe | Good crop; Good crop Moderate; Light; i apee Currants good; Peet eee wil liam Smythe, — 
stroyed by scarce on walls, and wall, but trees fruit fine fruit small hr by the fro uts| The Gardens, Elm. _ 
frost when in arè exposed ruit fine much blighted | trees much se p e | ham Hall 
bloom situations s blight ypris fine l | 
Abundant, but prow pess ie w Rieger walls Good on walls,| Plentiful on | Only mode- (Fair; trees in- Under a m mode- Good i i satan Filberts good, John Wig, Cose 
trees sufferi ring| s d es palies, bat rathershort good s en — fested with | rate crop parts. saa ‘ream Walnuts bad | 
go — of hort in rome aTa on- tandar and 
standards Ta e | 
has aoc Medium here ; A medium | A good crop | Have had an | A goad crop [Medium here, Good crops on Very good, Very few  |Thomas Wynne, 
‘op here ; excellent in | crop; better generally abundance generally t grand = old-established | especially | grown not on Hemsby Hall 
thin hg some sheltered than last year he a initia seberr her Gardens 
eee laces | 
SUFFOLK ......| A good cr Partial ; some oe Lra Plentiful, | Average ; but |About average;| Fair on walls, | Very few on ‘Most abundant aen e, both Thomas puar; Shrub- 
the fruit face trees a full crop walls especially in | fruit not large,| black-fly ex- Perera =ë walls ; suffered Walnuts and | land Park, Need- 
and fine te orchard-houses! and cores soon| tremely rchard-houses from late frost Filberts ham M tere 
troublesome A 
Heavy crops | Cordons and Thin on the | Good crop on Farlysor rts |Plentiful; ae Under glass |Plentiful; trees} Gooseberries | Walnuts thin; D. T. Fish, Hard- ` 
on some trees, — half] Quince and on|walls, none on|thin, late sorts not had such a) copings S fall very healthy | tremendous Nuts thin; | wicke, Bury St. 
Kaisha espe- p, larger pyramids standards plentifal here crop for years Lat unp' [crop ; Currants Mulberries and Edmund’s 
cially oe bl al pil w yatered sei resi a third of a geen full | 
crop 
Heavy crop, | Variable; ene Good, but Heavy on | Very fine crops,| Splendid c Thin; Te _ Fair crop of |Most abundant Thin, = e- |J. Sheppard, Wolver- 
and fruit of fine| falling small, 'espe- walls; injured) checked in Kaanon, ;| suffered from | dark kinds and fine (cially Walnuts ` stone Park, „Ipswich 
quality peta fo cially on, (by frosts; swel- swelling by | Morellos thin dow tempera- 
ling irregularly) cold dry vets pseu 3 
.| Medium | Good medium Fair Hely Sieh liedna on all None below the! Abundant Medium ‘William Earley, vab 
a A “Bandar on jearly and mid-) the frost line | entines, Ilford i 
i > i pir aa aay kinds = gai ‘kinds l 
: weg sorts), Avery fair | A good crop |Abundant and pees crop |Peaches thin; Thin Abundant; |Walnuts none ; Thomas _ Simpson, 
a good crop crop jon — kinds good Nectarines a rather small |Filberts a good Broomfield Lodge, 
; 3 good crop crop Chelmsford 
Abat half a |Average; fruit| A i nn | Average crop, Average ; Mo-|Nectarines full Average crop; Currants and | Walnuts very Charles Ross 
crop sma ,and a and eats soot rellos abundant average ; fruit saat ser eg scarce; no | -ford Par K Newbury 
many deform form: and very fine | Peaches very verage; | others grown | f 
peN light | Gotsebereite 
above average tea 
i Fine cropsof | Genera Very eti heavy | moe era. of | Most bo Peaches thin ; | Plentiful, aee Neverknewa | Very good, a, hy ee Ab = 
; d . | splendid fruit thin crop: need Roti "ad trees s in) bear fine Nectarines | ra m slow in better year for) though Wal- E 
; | quality o condition] fair crop | welli ing | bush fruit ‘nuts were much ‘ 
| | | hurt me frost 
MIDDLESEX .. Veryfull where. ‘a thin, few) rg yap on | Thin in most | Uncommonly Thin Where pro- di Gooseberries, | T. Baines, Soufthent 
protection to | kinds having | walls and- | places, best | good; abun- | tected plenti- | | Raspberries, | ‘ 
zo re a lards an Si is spa-| Varieties a | dant in quan- | ful, but will = and Currants | 
prinkling liers light failure | tity, lage i in small anaverage crop 
; size | 
l- |In some mar- | Generallya | About half a All i! earliest About half a | Generally a « | Raspberries | Rather thin | 
| heavy crop; | some garden: probably be cut butt good : Mo- | will not bea | berries a good | — 
ent y light! very heavy | fell far large sample | — 
dies z ¢ | thin ae : 
Plentiful Scarce <a few |Only Morellos| Blighted and or Plentiful Filberts plen- Richard D. Black- 
grown ; a fine scarce i ga — | more, Teddington 
crop 
Very free crop) About one- | Abundant Very ry partial; Abundant Fair cane Fair average ; SAren lA. F. Barron, Rog 
and fine third of a crop ype ace wonderful iro | yia it : Gooseberries | Horticultural So- 
; fruit ane. but a destroyed by abundant | ciety, Chiswick 
‘ mall stroyed by frost! frost | 
Very scarce | Heavy crop | Hay crop, | Very ai eg Moderate crop, Failure Good crop and Scarce es areae] venue a Robert Henderson, 
3 | fruit large and soon over | large | ailure Fulham Palace AL 
SURREY......../Half pay but) Very few | zood crop, |Good on walls,| Average crop | Good crop | Very good; | Halfa crop Plentiful and | Coes Wal- William Kemp, 4 
= clean and good ruit clean very few on best we have | nuts cut off by, bury Park, Guild- 
y standards had for years late frost ford a 
A partial crop; On espaliers | Abundant on On wall trees a} Have been |Moderatecrop,| An average | Outdoor very pene and, A good crop |James Drewett, Gar- 
te _ | excellent, on walls and (good average, abundant, and! trees — crop ; trees few the quality dens, | Denbies, 
standards ; abundant | quality nat blig much blighted excellent Dorking 
merge aa good aer Aces len : a 
i A very ae About half : a | About half a | All destroyed All very abun-| Some trees e Kidd, T. 
3 ee walls ee crop ie UtOp OE = rop ; trees dant very full, aden Court, God- 
2 E | Morellos | suffered in PERE others thin 
ie «Very fain = š leaf, 
À = gos uate Abundan ; crop, To all a - Currants very) Very scarce; John Cox, Redleat, 
standards, on jover the aver- an paira ;| fruit small, io barely an | ance will be | abundant; |Walnuts much Penshurst 
) m ad y half age heré ~ fa crop 2 gg the scarce in the berries cut up by late 
Ce | 2 ow groun drought n air artial ; 
Light Good Varias: e Very good Good Moderate, ex-| Some coil, Very fine Enormes Good ; Filberts Thomas s 
rally good cepting others thin crops ; heaviest and Cobs Eastwell ; 
2 orellos I ever saw Linton 
Boies hie but, | A variable (Very lh in About an aver-| Plentiful ; Thin crop.on |Almost a the|Red and white! Poor crop; John vag 
on the whole crop = pecs coe the pen ,Poor|. open wa wall; first crop gone Currants mid- many Crees ” Park, Maidstone 
a fair crop season a short lity under glass ' ling; black without a Nut 
; one G very 
Very scarce Mostabundant A good crop, | A fair crop; | Good crop | Very few | Raspberri | Filberts very William Ravinia 
ee. of i, except but soon over |Morellos plen ews Cocea few; Walnuts High Elms, rar 
a Green ee -e S | destroyed by borough 
3 eni 
ms good with Good, both on Nota good | A great crop | Nota great William, 
; A fair crop  Plentiful-of all Very fair 5 eon 
| kinds | ears 
D. Coe, € 
Sevenoaks 
»  Halfacrop, A failure peus ele. 
| the fruit poor: - -| Raspberrie failure 
ae | and Currants nuts half cro 
crop, trees had trees tl A : 
gi be thinned | y some parts | n | Gare = Hos z ka 
here, eian A | this deer | hereandin | here, also tt = iope or all Weis | i ees es ect i —_ 
some parts | and in the istri e district — very crop, oundoors and walls. | Raspberr berts none 
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| An abundant | EA | An abundant | va Good, but 
Mend | 
| | so large as 
