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Apples (Kitchen). — Keswick Codlin, Lord Grosvenor, Lord 

 Suffield, Worcester Pearmain, Ecklinville, Grenadier, Cox's 

 Pomona, Queen Caroline, Small's Admirable, Lord Derby, 

 Hawthornden, New Hawthornden, and Warner's King. 



Apples (Table). — Devonshire Quarrenden, Irish Peach, Lady 

 Sudeley, King of the Pippins, Cox's Orange, Blenheim Orange, 

 and Eibston Pippin. 



Pears. — Clapp's Favourite, Jargonelle, Williams' Bon 

 Chretien, Fertility, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Marie Louise, 

 Beurre Diel, Pitmaston Duchess, Glou Morceau, Doyenne du 

 Cornice, and Easter Beurre. 



Mr. Bunyard, in his excellent work " Fruit Farming for 

 Profit," gives the average crop of Apples as 130 bushels per 

 acre, at 2s. 2hd. per bushel net, and Pears as rather more, but 

 the Toddington Apple orchards are too young for me to have 

 been able to work out any statistics. 



Cherries.— Cherries are usually grown as standards, though 

 certain varieties do well on the Mahaleb stock as pyramids. 

 Standards should be planted not less than 30 feet apart ; they 

 do well on grass land, but high standards should be planted in 

 any case, as the land, if not already pasture, will in all proba- 

 bility be seeded down eventually. Standards are about twelve 

 years before they come into profitable bearing, and when they 

 reach that age they are extremely prolific. Very large returns 

 have been, and still are, obtained from some of the old Cherry 

 orchards. For the best varieties to grow I would refer those 

 intending to plant to "Hints on Vegetable and Fruit Farming," 

 by Mr. Charles Whitehead, in which a list of the best sorts is 

 given. At Toddington we grow Bigarreau Napoleon, Kentish 

 Red, Governor Wood, Black Cluster, Purple Grape, May Duke, 

 Adams' Crown, Morella (bush), Wye or Wild Morella (bush) ; of 

 these Bigarreau Napoleon, Kentish Red, Black Cluster, and 

 Governor Wood succeed best. 



The cost of picking varies so enormously, according to the 

 age and size of the trees, that it would be impossible to give any 

 reliable figures. 



General Remarks on Planting Standard Trees. — When pur- 

 chasing trees for planting I should recommend the buyer to go 

 to a first-class nurseryman ; he can then rely on the trees being 

 true to name and worked on suitable stocks. Cheap trees may 



