HARDY FRUITS IN YORKSHIRE. 



593 



Court Pendu Plat. — Good in places ; in others it cankers badly. 

 Cox's Orange is generally a shy bearer where unsatisfactory ; also 

 cankers sometimes. 



Devonshire Quarrenden. — A useful Apple. 



Duchess of Oldenburg. — Grown for market ; being a handsome Apple, 

 it sells well. In Yorkshire it is of inferior flavour. 



Golden Pippin. — Good in places ; cankers badly in others. 



Irish Peach. — A favourite early Apple in Yorkshire. 



Kerry Pippin. — Good in Yorkshire, for cropping and for flavour. 



King of the Pippins. — Good in some gardens ; where reported as 

 unsatisfactory it is of inferior flavour ; requires a very warm position. 



Lady Sudeley bears well ; good reports. 



Red Astrachan. — Grown largely for market. 



Ribston Pippin. — Most uncertain Apple, as it cankers so badly in 

 many places. 



^Yorcester Pearmain. — Grown largely both in private gardens and for 

 market. 



Strawberries. 13 Varieties. 



Names of Varieties 



ce< wliere 

 ity is grown 



Satisfactory 



Unsatisfactory 



General Character of Soils 



General Character of Soils 





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British Queen 



18 



3 



3 





6 



4 



3 



5 



12 



Dr. Hogg .... 



17 



3 



2 



2 



7 



3 



2 



5 



10 



Empress Eugenie . 



9 



2 



2 



5 



9 











James Yeitch 



11 



4 



4 



2 



10 





1 





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Keen's Seedling 



7 



2 



1 



1 



4 





1 



2 



3 



Latest of All .... 



11 



2 



4 



2 



8 





3 





3 



Laxton's > oble 



10 



1 



2 



3 



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1 





3 



4 



Monarch .... 



8 



3 



2 





5 





1 



2 



3 



President .... 



39 



10 



10 



il 



26 



5 



4 



4 



13 



Royal Sovereign . 



54 



19 



14 





50 



4 







4 



Sir Joseph Paxton 



27 



8 



5 



4 



17 



2 



4 



4 



10 



Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury 



31 



12 



8 



8 



28 



1 



2 





3 



Waterloo .... 



9 



3 



3 



3 



9 











The following other fruits are fairly proportionally representative for 

 Yorkshire ; the number of places where each is grown is shown by the 

 figures. These are extracts from the " General Report." Sixty-seven 

 centres in all : — 



Pears trained. Walls, Bush, &c. 



Beurre d'Amanlis . 22 

 Beurre Diel . . .20 

 Clapp's Favourite . 12 

 Doyenne du Cornice . 27 

 Duchess d'Angouleme . 14 



Easter Beurre . .11 

 Glou Morceau . .17 

 Louise bonne of Jersey 40 

 Jargonelle . . .23 

 Josephine de Malines . 13 



Orchard Pears. 



Marie Louise 

 Pitmaston Duchess 

 Souvenir du Congres . 

 Williams' Bon Chretien 

 Winter Nelis 



40 

 27 

 14 

 38 

 14 



Hessle ...... 23 



Jargonelle 12 



Louise bonne of Jersey 

 Williams' Bon Chretien 



. 11 



. 10 



