646 A Fruit Demonstration Station. [Oct., 



The Landlord agreed : — 



1. To let the land to the Council for the purpose of a fruit demonstration 

 station at an annual rent, 



2. To erect and maintain a post and wire fence around the area. 



3. To provide all the labour and farmyard manure required to carry on 

 the work of the station. The said labour not to include that required 

 for pruning and washing the trees. 



The County Council agreed : — 



1. To provide all fruit trees and bushes and plant the same in their 

 quarters. 



2. To fix and maintain a rabbit-proof wire netting in association with the 

 landlord's post and wire fence. 



. 3. To prune and wash the trees and bushes, and to provide all manures 

 other than farmyard manure. 



4. To hand over to the landlord all fruit grown with the exception of 

 twelve fruits of each apple and pear tree and a small portion of the 

 fruit of each bush. 



The general supervision of the station was vested in the 

 Horticultural Instructor. 



With the signing of this very equitable agreement, the work 

 of developing and planting the station was proceeded with, 

 and in the year 1906 all the trees and bushes were established 

 in their positions. 



It was decided that two trees of each selected variety of 

 apple, pear and plum should be planted at a distance of twelve 

 feet apart each way. The following varieties were selected: — 



Apples. 



Bramley's Seedling, Lord Derby, Newton Wonder. 



Lord Grosvenor, Grenadier, Warner's^King. 



Gascoig-ne's Scarlet. Golden Xoble. Royal Jubilee. 



Charles Eoss. Annie Elizabeth. Ecklinville. 



Adam's Pearmain. King of the Pippins. Ribston Pippin. 



AUington Pippin. 



Pears. 



Doyenne du Comice. Beauvre d'Amahs. Josephine de Malines. 



Plums. 



Emperor. Czar. Monarch. 



The station made excellent progTess from the outset, and in 

 four years from the date of planting the tree? were nicely 

 developed and soon afforded an opportunity of judging the 

 worth of each variety for the particular locality. 



The information thus gained proved invaluable, and it was 

 not long before a general planting of fruit in the district was 

 begun. One of the first to make a start was the landlord him- 

 self, who, upon seeing the satisfactory development of several 

 varieties of apples, had the remainder of the seven acres planted 

 up. Others followed suit. 



