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THE FRUIT GARDEN 



Kent is noted for its fine nuts, and only because in that county a vigorous 

 system of pruning is carried out. Where the trees are allowed to grow 



naturally and wildly the nuts are 

 small, and the crop is almost worth- 

 less. They respond to a liberal 

 treatment, and well repay for 

 manuring occasionally as well as 

 for the pruner's labour. 



Filberts 



The White or Kentish. — The 

 nuts are of oval shape, small but very 

 richly flavoured. It is tender in damp 

 soils, and a shy bearer. 



The Red Skinned.— A variety 

 which is of very rich flavour, but a shy 

 bearer. When fresh the skin is quite 

 red, the foliage being brownish green. 



Prolific or Frizzled. — This is a 

 very handsome bunched variety, which 

 often has twelve fruits in a bunch. It 

 ripens before all the others, and is most 

 prolific and quite distinct. F.C.C. igoi. 



Growths from Shoot Shortened to a 

 Wood Bud 



i) From blossom buds and bearing nuts ; (n) 

 short stubby shoots from wood buds which being 

 mere short twigs need not be shortened at winter 

 pruning. 



Cob Nuts 



Bergem. — One of the best bearers. 

 The bunches are very handsome and 

 the nuts are large. 



Duke of Edinburgh. — This is a short nut with a very thick shell, and usually 

 produced in twos and threes ; of excellent flavour. F.C.C. 



Kentish Cob or Lambert's. — This is the best for general culture. The nuts are 

 very large ; the husk is wide, rather flat and deeply notched, and extends far beyond the 

 nut. It is very hardy, and may be grown in all situations, even on gravelly and stony 

 soils. Hundreds of tons are grown in Kent. 



COSFORD Cob. — A variety with roundish nuts with a very thin shell and borne in 

 bunches of six ; of excellent flavour, and a free cropper. 



Merveille de Bollwyller. — The largest variety ; nut round with a thick shell ; 

 flavour excellent ; usually two nuts in a bunch. A very sturdy grower. 



Webb's Prize. — This is a variety of the Kentish Cob, and generally produces larger 

 and more handsome bunches than the latter. Nut very similar ; the husk is rather 

 longer. 



Pearson's Prolific. — Very similar to Cosford Cob. 



WALNUTS 



Walnut trees of good size, which bear well in from eight to twelve years, are 

 supplied from nurseries. The walnut will grow in all kinds of soil ; where the 

 climate is too cold to ripen the nuts, these can be picked in a green state and 

 used for pickling. For this purpose the shell should not be hard ; a good test 

 is to try and pass a strong needle through them. On the Continent walnuts 



