1054 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



VICTORIA PLUMS. 



Annual manuring per acre 



Average annual weight 

 of Plums per acre over 

 three years (1900 to 1902) 



50 loads (25 tons) London Dung 



25 loads (12£ tons) London Dung 



25 loads Dung, Phosphates (no Potash), and 1 cwt. of Nitrate 



of Soda 



Ditto, ditto (with Potash) 



25 loads Dung, Phosphates (no Potash), and 2 cwt. Nitrate of 



Soda .... 



Ditto, ditto (with Potash) ........ 



25 loads Dung, Phosphates (no Potash), and 4 cwt. Nitrate of 



Soda . y • 



Ditto, ditto (with Potash) . 



Xo Dung ; Phosphates (no Potash) and 4 cwt. Nitrate of Soda . 

 Ditto, ditto (with Potash) ........ 



The influence of the use of potash salts in 1900 was very uniformly 

 favourable throughout the series of plots ; but the general irregularity 

 of the crop in the subsequent seasons has been such that this good effect 

 does not come out very uniformly in the foregoing averages. 



Raspberries. 



Our plantation of Raspberries has yielded no results yet, owing to the 

 failure of many of the canes originally planted, which necessitated a 

 replanting of all the beds. 



Strawberries. 



We made a plantation of 'President' Strawberries in the year 1894. 

 These were cropped for six seasons before the plants were considered 

 worn out. 



The plots were manured according to our usual plan, and the 

 following table shows the average yield of fruit per acre obtained from 

 the various plots over six years : — 



STRAWBERRIES (' President '). 



Annual manuring per acre 



Annual cost of 

 manure per acre 



Average annual yield 

 of Strawberries per 

 acre over six years 

 (1895 to 1900 inclusive) 





£ 



s. 



d. 



lbs. 



50 loads (25 tons) London Dung 



10 



0 



0 



3,416 



25 loads (12* tons) London Dung 



5 



0 



0 



4,704 



I') loads Dung, Phosphates, and 1 cwt. Nitrate 











6 



5 



o 



4,592 



25 loads Dung, Phosphates, and 2 cwt. Nitrate 













6 



15 



0 



5,040 



25 loads Dung, Phosphates, and 4 cwt. Nitrate 













7 



15 



0 



4,088 



AVi l)uu(j ; Phosphates and 4 cwt. Nitrate of 











2 



15 



0 



3,052 



