NORTHERN COUNTIES I DURHAM, LANCASHIRE. 



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DURHAM. 



Exhibitor. 



1. — Mr. F. C. Ford, Durham Gardeners' Institute, Darlington. 



Exhibitor's Bemarks. — Grown in garden — part of which lies 

 rather low — exposed to south and west, but sheltered on other 

 sides. Soil, a heavy clay, in some parts not more than 6 inches 

 deep. This has been much improved by trenching, and the 

 application of liberal dressings of lime and farmyard manure ; 

 the subsoil is a very heavy blue and yellow clay, with stones. 



Varieties of Apples suitable for Cultivation in Durham. 



Selected by Mr. F. C. Ford, Gardeners' Institute, Darlington. 



Dessert Apples. — Adams' Pearmain, Blenheim Orange, 

 Cox's Orange Pippin, Fearn's Pippin, Golden Pippin, Golden 

 Winter Pearmain, Irish Peach, Kerry Pippin, King of the Pippins, 

 Bed Astrachan, Ribston Pippin, Warner's Pippin. 



Culinary Apples. — Bedfordshire Foundling, Cellini, Dume- 

 low's Seedling, Ecklinville Seedling, Emperor Alexander, George 

 the Fourth, Hawthornden, Lord Grosvenor, Lord Suffield, Melon, 

 Pott's Seedling, Warner's King. 



LANCASHIRE. 



Exhibitors. 



1. — Mr. J. Hathaway, Lathom House Gardens, Ormskirk. 



Exhibitor's Bemarks. — Most of the trees here are about 30 

 years old, of Bush shape, on the Crab stock. A few planted 

 since are Standards on the Paradise. Situation, low and damp, 

 well sheltered by belt of forest trees, and shaded on the south- 

 east. Soil, poor, black, and very sandy, about 18 inches deep ; 

 subsoil, a strong yellow and very adhesive clay. I consider King 

 of the Pippins the best all-round Apple for this district, as it 

 scarcely ever misses cropping. I think trees do better here on 

 the Crab than on any other stock. 



2. — Mr. R. Martes, Mythop Nurseries, Lytham, Lancashire. 



Exhibitor's Bemarks. — Apples mostly grown on Standard 

 trees, about 14 years old. Situation, open, half a mile from the 



