Vegetable and Fruit Farming. 455 
English Vegetables. 
Name of 
Date of Arrival 
Price 
• 
Estimated average Crop 
Vegetable 
it L -11 . 1. o. 1 u 
per acre 
XT 
Potatoes, £<ew • 
ILIICI OI junt 
\? nulla 1 y/ nov 1 V\ 
jioi uiiiLtJ i«» per iu. • 
4- tnnQ 1 n ovot. 
Asparagus < . 
May . • 
To Q// T^Qff nor 1 f\C\ 1i r^c 
15. o&.ZO oS.JJQT 1UU DQs. 
Cauliflowers 
H!n«3 f\r Amnl 
IM1U.U1 AUIll 
Oil f 1 n A/7 r,nr rln'7 
OW. L(J Id. llti ptJI UUi. . 
Scarlet-runners 
July . . , 
25. to 3^. per bushel 
300 bushels 
Peas . . . 
End. of »Tun6 
a«i to oo. Dtt. per UUHIlCi 
1UU UUollcla 
Lettuces . . . 
End of May 
6^. to Is. per score . . 
1,400 score 
Radishes ■ ■ 
May • i . 
^tCi. LU ott-. pel U.Ui. Uv^IlS. 
1 9flft Hn7 VinnpVipfl 
1 ,*.\J\J 
Onions . . . 
May . . . 
Is. to 2s. 6d. „ 
Carrots . . . 
June . > . 
ls.6«.to2s.9«. ,, ,, 
400 doz. bunches 
Cucumbers . . 
July . . . 
6rf. to 2s. 6^. per doz. . 
200 barrels 
Cabbages . . 
End of April 
f Feb., ac- 1 
Is. to 2s. 9(Z. per 5 doz. 
1,000 dozen 
Coleworts . . 
\ cording I 
[ to season J 
9d. to 4*. per doz. bchs. 
250 doz. bunches 
Marrows . . . 
August . . 
Grf. per dozen. 
Under this head reference may also be made to a treatise 1 by 
the Editor of the Gardening World. It is of a most practical and 
useful nature, and as it is published at the low price of sixpence, it 
is within the means of the most humble fruit grower. 
The author first sets forth the undoubted fact that " there has 
arisen of late a popular demand not only for a greater fruit production 
in this country, but specially for those hardy fruits which serve so 
largely as food for the people." Then, after alluding to the reasons 
which had caused this taste for fruit, Mr. Wynne points out the 
" right course," which is to grow such hardy fruits as are peculiarly 
fitted for the climate, on the one hand, and available for preserving, 
or jam making, on the other. 
Teaching fruit culture in schools is advocated by Mr. Wynne, 
who hopes that the recent appointment of a Minister of Agriculture 
will lead to the development of means for imparting practical know- 
ledge of it through his Department, as fruit culture, though usually 
termed horticulture, or gardening, is closely related to agriculture, 
the chief industry of rural life. 
" To the bulk of the cottager or allotment holder element practical 
information on fruit culture comes as a sort of revelation. The 
bulk of our labourers and artisans who have gardens have only the 
most imperfect information on the culture of fruit, whilst vast 
numbers of them can produce flowers and vegetables admirably. If 
fruit culture is to be common as well as successful, it must be based 
on knowledge made easy, and that knowledge it is the object of this 
little book to furnish." 
1 Our Hardy Fruits : a Practical Guide to their Cultivation for Zand- 
owners, Tenant Farmers, Cottagers, and Allotment Holders. By Brian 
Wynne, F.R.H.S, (E7re and Spottiswoode.) 
