530 National Fruit and Cider Institute, [dec, 



may be only known as " locals." From the nursery there will 

 be ready in a few years a fine assortment of trees for distribution, 

 first to the counties contributing to the Institute, so that they 

 may form model, demonstration, or experimental orchards ; 

 afterwards to members or associates. The majority of the 

 varieties grown here cannot be obtained from the trade. Grafts 

 will also be available for what may be termed inter-county 

 distribution. 



A strip of the nursery is being used for propagating stocks by 

 layering, to get a number of mr.re regular growth than can 

 possibly be got from seedlings. 



In the cottage garden another batch of stocks is being raised 

 from seeds of different apples, kept distinct from each other. 



The Plantation. — This contains twelve varieties of dessert and 

 culinary apples, six of each ; three varieties of dessert and one 

 of stewing pears ; four varieties of black currants ; three of red 

 and one of white currants ; five of raspberries ; four of goose- 

 berries, and eight of strawberries. The names are given 

 below : — 



Names of Varieties of Fruits in Plantation. 



Dessert Apples. — Beauty of Bath, Devonshire Quarrenden, 

 Worcester Pearmain, King of the Pippins, Cox's Orange Pippin, 

 and Allington Pippin. 



Cooking Apples. — Lord Suffield, Ecklinville Seedling, Stirling 

 Castle, Lane's Prince Albert, Newton Wonder, and Bramley's 

 Seedling. 



Dessert Pears. — Williams' Bon Chretien, Louise Bonne of 

 Jersey, Doyenne Boussoch. 

 Steiving Pear. — Catillac. 



Black Currants. — Baldwin's, Carter's Champion, Lee's 

 Prolific, and Black Naples. 



Red Currants. — Fay's Prolific, Knight's Sweet Red, and Raby 

 Castle. 



White Currant. — White Dutch. 



Raspberries. — Superlative, Northumberland Fillbasket, Nor- 

 wich Wonder, Hornet, and The Guinea. 



Strazvberries. — Royal Sovereign, President, Noble, Latest of 

 All, Sir Joseph Paxton, Waterloo, Monarch, Vicomtesse 

 Hericart de Thury. 



