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no more than half a crop can be expected, which at the same 
price as those abeady given, namely, 1 ton at 'Hd. a lb., and 
^ ton at 4cZ. a lb., will yield a return of £27 per acre. In bad 
seasons the crops will be considerably less, or the returns may 
be reduced by unfavourable weather when the fruit is ripe. On 
the other hand, for fine selected early fruits Q>d. a lb. can be 
sometimes obtained for limited quantities. 
Strawberries planted 2 feet apart will take nearly 11,000 to 
the acre, and at an average of \ lb. per plant for four years the 
total annual return will be 2;^ tons. About 10 per cent., or, say, 
J ton, of early selected fruits may realise 4fZ. a lb., or at the rate 
of £36 the ton ; the remaining 2 tons being sold at 2d., or £18 
the ton, brings the total up to £45. If the general crop is early 
and the fruit fine much higher prices can be ensured, and 
established thriving plants will yield 1 lb. to 2 lbs. of fruit 
each. 
Standard Plums and Damsons planted 15 feet apart, or 193 
to the acre, will give an average for the first five years after 
planting of 10 lbs. per tree, or 1,930 lbs. to the acre; and at 1^?. 
to 2cL per lb. this brings in £8 to £16 the acre, the price being 
£9 to £18 the ton. Fine selected dessert fruits will fetch twice 
the last-named price, and the produce of established trees in full 
bearing will be three or four times the average stated above, or 
about £64 the acre. All the preceding crops are reckoned as 
occupying the whole ground, but Plums only represent a portion 
of the total produce per acre. Dwarf Plums do not yield such 
large crops individually, but can be planted more closely, so that 
the returns do not diifer materially. 
Established standard Cherry trees yield 4 to 5 tons of fruit 
per acre, which at Id. the lb. (£9 per ton) will bring £36 to 
£45 per acre ; but when the crops are sold by auction on the 
trees, as is customary in Kentish orchards, they bring £30 to 
£40 the acre. 
Dwarf Apples of the most prolific varieties on the Paradise 
stock, 10 feet apart, or 435 to an acre, will yield, taking an 
average of ten years, ,[ to I a bushel per tree per annum, or 100 
to 200 bushels per acre, equal to 3! tons of fruit, the bushel 
averaging 40 lbs. This at lid, per lb. (56'. a bushel, £13. 10s. a 
ton) for good fruits yields £'50 an acre. Mixed fruits of poor 
quality will not pay an average of 5s. per bushel, but, on the 
