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considered that no jam is made, this represents a large quantity 

 of pound baskets. The picking lasts four weeks. New plantations 

 are made in September, after a crop of early potatoes if possible. 

 A feature in my informant's notes deserves mention. He keeps 

 his hands on the farm all the year round, the winter months 

 being utilised by making punnets, for which he has invented 

 several labour-saving machines. In fact I can buy punnets from 

 him so cheaply that they are much under those made in London, 

 notwithstanding the carriage, and are a better article. To sum 

 up the various reports, the first point that strikes me is the few 

 kinds grown ; but the public are very conservative, and new kinds 

 are not popular in the market. From what I hear, Laxton's Noble 

 is likely to be one of the most popular for early work. Its pre- 

 cocity and large size cannot fail to make it a favourite. Eight 

 shillings per pound is a high price for open-air fruit, and many 

 of my correspondents speak in its favour. In our own field cul- 

 ture we find the following most productive, and for home sale I 

 think the selection cannot be improved : — 

 First Early. 



King of Earlies 



Noble 



Pauline 



Early. 

 Keens' Seedling 

 Vicomtesse de Tbury 

 Grosse Sucree 

 James Veitch 



Late. 

 Duke of Edinburgh 

 Aromatic 



Eleanor, or Oxonian 

 Elton Pine 



Kimberley (tender) 

 Waterloo 



Main Croj?. 

 Paxton 

 British Queen 

 Dr. Hogg 



President (Green's) 

 John Powell, or Goliath 

 Trollope's Victoria 

 Napier 



Eicton White Pine 



Preserving. 

 Keens', Elton Pine, 

 Sabreur, and Newton Seedling. 



Among the newer kinds Captain does remarkably well on 

 heavy land such as the Weald of Kent, and on light soil which 

 will not grow Queen or Dr. Hogg, we find Trollope's Vic- 

 toria, Keens' Seedling, Vicomtesse de Thury, and Paxton will 

 succeed. But I am trespassing on your time, and will reserve 

 my notes on garden culture for another paper. It is strange that 

 such taking sorts as James Veitch, Burghley, President, Frogmore 

 Pine, and Goliath have never become popular for market. The 

 colour of Waterloo may be objected to, but it is doubtless a 

 great gain among the latest kinds. 



In order to deserve success, deep culture and heavy manuring 

 are necessary, and this should be applied before the crop is 



