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8. — Mr. W. Hereington, The Gardens, Betteshanger Bectory, 



Sandwich. 



Observations. — Examples, large, clear skinned. 



Exhihitof s Bemarks, — Fruit from young Bush and Pyramid 

 trees, grafted on the French Paradise (?) stock, which seems 

 specially suited to this soil. Situation high, and exposed to all 

 winds. Soil, a thin, poor loam, on hard chalk. 



9. — Mr. L. A. KiLLicK, Langley, Maidstone. 



Exhibitor' s Bemarks. — Chiefly grafted on the Apple stock — 

 a few on Paradise. Situation, exposed. Soil, partly loam, marl, 

 and red pebbly pinnock. Many varieties of Apples worthy of 

 cultivation canker in this district, so that we are limited in 

 choice. The Paradise stock does not produce a tree large 

 'enough for market purposes. Standard trees, when about 10 to 

 12 years old, are considered sufficiently established to allow us 

 to lay down the soil with grass to be fed off by sheep. 



10. — Mr. Chaeles Langley, Grabble House, Dover. 

 Observations. — A very fine lot of fruit. 



Exhibitor' s Bemarks. — Grown on Pyramids planted about 

 25 years, some in 1881 ; stocks, unknown. Situation, sheltered 

 by chalky hills. Soil, a chalky mixture, a vein of which runs 

 up the Dover valley. The Apple trees used to suffer in hot 

 summers, there being plenty of fruit, but small, so I dug large 

 holes down to the chalk, and replanted the trees in good turfy 

 loam. The trees now grow well and ripen their wood properly. 

 The great secret is to mulch well with good manure ; the better 

 manure I use, the better the fruit. In very dry weather I water 

 the trees with house sewage. My sole study since 1846 has been 

 to cultivate the Apple and Pear here, and I have been very 

 successful. 



11. — Mr. T. Mooehouse, Gardener to J. W. Temple, Esq., 

 Leysivood, Groombridge, Timbridge Wells. 



Exhibitor' s Bemarks. — Fruit from Bush trees 13 years old, 

 grafted on the Crab. Situation in a kitchen garden, sheltered. 

 Soil, heavy ; subsoil, a yellow clay. The samples are of an 

 average size. All the sorts make strong growth, w^hile most of 

 them fruit very freely, excepting Blenheim Orange, which is 

 .shy, and has small fruit. 



12. — Mr. J. Neighboue, Bickley Park, Bromley. 



Exhibitor's Bemarks. — Fruit gathered from trees not 

 pruned, but thinned out occasionally. Age, from 6 to 50 years ; 



