1905.] National Fruit and Cider Institute. 



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Gooseberries. — Whinham's Industry, Lancashire Lad, Crown 

 Bob, and Keepsake. 



Numbers of each " small fruit " :— 



80 each of the gooseberries and currants. 

 180 „ „ raspberries (of " The Guinea" only 50). 

 600 „ „ strawberries. 

 The size of the plantation is an acre, within a few square 

 feet. It has been planted and will be worked as far as possible 

 on commercial lines, while each variety of apple and pear will 

 be experimented on with various methods of pruning (summer, 

 winter, and root). Comparatively few varieties were selected, 



The Plantation. 



as in growing for market it is not desirable to plant too great 

 a variety, but rather fairly large quantities of each variety 

 which will succeed and sell readily in the locality. Of the 

 apples and pears thirty-three of each form a block, so that 

 each block occupies exactly i-i6th of an acre. There are 

 twenty-seven dwarfs or pyramids, three standards, and three 

 single cordons of each. Careful records will be kept of the 

 produce, so that it will be easy to calculate their value per 

 acre. The plantation runs parallel with the nursery, with a 

 driving way between. The soil was double-dug in the same 

 way, but no manure was added, as it was thought the turf, when 

 decayed, would be suffic ently rich to carry the trees, &c, for a 



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