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Wonder, Lord Derby, Lane's Prince Albert, and Bramley's Seedling. Lady Sudeley, Allington 

 Pippin, Cox's Orange Pippin, Baumann's Reinette, Stirling Castle, Bismarck', and Lane's Prince 

 Albert are better grown in bush form on Paradise stock' of in half-standard form for plantations, 

 but all can be cultivated in this manner as well as orchard standards. 



Pears for Orchard Trees. — Dr. Guyot, Beurre Capiaumont, Williams's Bon 

 Chretien, Hessel, Fertility. For bush culture on Quince, Dr. Guyot, Williams's Bon Chretien, 

 Beurre Clairgeau, Durondeau, Louise Bonne, Emile d'Heyst, and Pitmaston Duchess. 



PLUMS. — For standards all are suitable, and they can be grown also as half-standards or 

 bushes, tlie latter by preference for exposed situations. Early: Rivers' Prolific, Early Orleans, 

 Rivers' Czar. Medium: Belle de Louvain, Jefferson Gage, Victoria. Later: Kent Bush Plum, 

 Monarch, Pond's Seedling. 



Chhrrie^ FOR Orchard (Standards only).— Black : Early Rivers, Waterloo, Biack 

 Heart. White Hearts: Elton 

 Heart, Bigarreau Napoleon, 

 Kent Bigarreau, Frogmore 

 Early Bigarreau. Reds: 

 Flemish or Kentish, Morellos 

 (as standards and bushes in 

 some situations), May Duke. 



Damsons. — Bradley's 

 King, Shropshire (late), Frog- 

 more Early, and Prune of 

 Hereford. 



GOOSEB E R R I E S . — 

 Crown Bob, Whinham's In- 

 dustry, Whitesmith, Lanca- 

 shire Lad, Warrington Late 

 (ripe), and Keepsake. 



Red Currants.— New 

 Red Dutch, Scotch or Cherry, 

 and Raby Castle. 



Black Currants.— 

 Baldwins and Black Naples. 



Raspberries (Red).— 

 Bunyard's Superlative and 

 Norwich Wonder. 



Strawberries.— 

 Royal Sovereign, Eleanor 

 (late), Sir J. Paxton, and 

 Elton Pine (late). 



KENT COB NUTS for stony banks and land full of stones. These form an important crop. 



It would not be difficult to make a list of 100 kinds of fruits that are grown in 

 Kent and that pay well for culture ; but I strongly advise growers to gain experience by 

 planting a selection of kinds upon half an acre or larger plot for experiment, when t..ey can 

 plant extensively those kinds that succeed best in their district, but at starting it is far 

 better to grow only a few recognised sorts with a view to profit. If this is done the 

 chances of failure are not, of course, so great as when trying experiments, and one must at first 

 commence with the idea of profit, not merely to gain a few richly-coloured fruits of varieties 

 that never bear freely. Studying the district to see the kinds that are most happy in 

 the soil and climate is an important point. Unless fruit farming is thus commenced failure 

 will result, 



