REPORT OF THE APPLE AND PEAR CONFERENCE. 



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Early : 



Gladstone. Bed Juneating. 



September. 



Colonel Vaughan. Duchess of Oldenburg. 



Duchess's Favourite. Yellow Ingestrie. 



Worcester Pearmain. 



7. To store for sale October to February : 



Cox's Orange. Gascoigne's Scarlet. 



Cox's Pomona. Beauty of Kent. 



Peasgood's Nonesuch. Bauinann's Reinette. 



If the soil is cold, omit Cox's Orange and Worcester Pearmain, 

 and if very rich and good warm land, add Adams' and Hubbard's 

 Pearmains, Ross, Nonpareil, and Gipsy King ; while for very 

 late keeping Golden Knob, Sturmer, and the smaller fruit of 

 Dutch Mignonne are useful. 



8. Kitchen Apples of large size to sell from the tree (on Dwarfs) : 



Lord Grosvenor. The Queen. 



Ecklinville. Small's Admirable. 



Manks' Codlin. Grenadier. 

 Golden Spire. Counsellor. 

 Pott's Seedling. Stone's. 

 Stirling Castle. 



9. Fine Kitchen Apples to store (on Dwarfs) : 



Lord Derby. Bismarck. 



Murfitt's Seedling. Winter Peach. 



Lane's Prince Albert. Dutch Mignonne. 



In six years' time the trees immediately beneath the standards 

 can be transferred to other land, and will, if removed with care 

 (in October or early in November), suffer little from lifting, and 

 in the second year will produce heavy crops. After the sixth 

 season the orchard should be left with a permanent crop of dwarf 

 apples, and standards at 12ft. apart. The dwarfs at some future 

 time could be cut away, and the standards, which would then be 

 established and strong, should be laid to grass, and thus fodder 

 for sheep and a top crop of apples could be secured annually. 

 Until the six-feet trees cover the land, potatoes may be grown 

 between the rows, or lily of the valley, or daffodils. But if land 

 is cheap, the space may remain without crop, and the roots will 

 benefit greatly from the run of all the land. Weeds must be 

 kept down, and if standards only are planted no corn crop must 

 be taken, but in this case soft fruit maybe placed between them. 

 The plantation should be dug in December or January each year, 

 and be knocked over with a prong hoe in March. 



Oxen and horses should not be allowed in young orchards. 

 Shelter can be quickly obtained by planting Damsons or Bush 

 plums (the latter a Kent sort), with Crawford or Hessell Pears as 

 an inner line at 12 ft. apart, and this screen would pay its way. 



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