222 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Selection of Twelve Varieties most suited for Culture 

 in the District, Named in Order of Succession. 



Lord Suffield, Ringer, Paradise Pippin, Cellini, Golden Spire, 

 Keswick Codlin, Ecklinville Pippin, Wadhurst Pippin, Hanwell 

 Souring, Rosemary Russet, Duke of Devonshire, Dumelow's 

 Seedling. 



Exhibitor's Remarks. — Situation, exposed to north-east and 

 east ; sheltered from west and north-west by tall forest trees. 

 Soil, light and very thin, but trenched with the chalk to about 

 2 feet ; subsoil, a bed of solid chalk. 



General Remarks. — Apples are mostly grown here on Bush 

 and Pyramid trees, the greater part of which have been planted 

 from 16 to 20 years, with few exceptions, on a piece of ground 

 set apart for an orchard, which is very poor. We have a few 

 Espaliers round the vegetable quarters with a little better soil, 

 which generally crop well. They are principally grafted on the 

 Paradise stock, a few on the Crab. I find the Pommier du 

 Paradis a good stock for this light thin soil, it being surface- 

 rooting. Apples are not much grown in this neighbourhood, it 

 is not a fruit district. The markets about here draw their 

 supplies chiefly from Somerset and from the Channel Isles. 

 There are a few orchards in the valleys, the fruit of which is 

 principally used for making cider. We are situated here some- 

 thing like 200 feet above the bed of the river, and rather exposed 

 to the south-west gales from off the English Channel, which are 

 often very destructive to the fruit crops, and the trees are very 

 subject to be covered with lichens. The Apples in this neigh- 

 bourhood are very small this year, some varieties being not more 

 than half their average size. 



3. — Mr. W. Pragnell, Gardener to J. D. Wing field Digby, Esq., 

 Sherborne Castle, Dorset. 



Observations. — A very fine collection of good fruit. 



Exhibitor's Remarks. — Fruit chiefly from the Cordon trained 

 trees, nearly all being grafted on the French Paradise. All are 

 pruned summer and winter. The neighbourhood generally is 

 too exposed for market purposes, but, in sheltered spots, Apples 

 could be cultivated to the farmer's advantage. Situation, in 

 walled garden, well sheltered from the east, but very exposed to 

 the north-west winds. Soil, heavy and retentive, about 2 feet 

 in depth, on limestone subsoil. 



General Remarks. — I am greatly in favour of the Cordon 

 training principle. Here we have a small walled-in garden, 70 

 yards square, laid out in four squares, with three rows of trees 



