( 721 = 455 ) 
CONTENTS. 
CHAPTEK I.— Sops. 
The Hop first brought iuto England in 1524— Acreage of Hop-land since 
1750: its fluctuation since that date — The Counties in which Hops are chiefly 
cultivated — Kent has the largest Acreage — The Geological Formation upon 
which the Hop-plant thrives in Kent — Great age of Hop-grounds in Kent — 
Hops grown upon the Gault and Greensand in Surrey and Hants — Extent 
of Hop-farms — Mode of Cultivation — Hop Digging-machine — Dressing and 
Poling — "Woodlands in Kent and Sussex produce Hop-poles — Creosoting 
Hop-poles — Cost of Poles per acre — The Vinery method of poling — System 
of training upon wires— Tying Hop-bines performed by women — Ladder 
tying — -Large quantities of Manure necessary — Kinds and Cost of Manure — 
Implement for working Hop-land — -White frosts injurious to the tender 
Plants — -Aphis-blight : remedy for it — Lisect Foes — Mould or "White Blight 
checked by Sulphur — Sulphuring Machines — Hop-harvest — Immigrants pick 
the Hops in Kent — Prices paid for Picking Hops — Sulphur used to bleach 
the Hops — Drying Process — Hops dried too quickly on account of insufBcient 
Kiln accommodation — Modes of Sale — Price varies according to Sorts — No 
Home nor Foreign Duty now — Quantity used in Great Britain — Exportation 
small — Eental of Hop-land — Lucky Farms .. .. F&ges 457— 470 
CHAPTER II.— Fruit. 
Fruit extensively grown for over 300 Yearj — The Apple indigenous to 
Britain — Acreage of Fruit-land in Great Britain in 1877 — Large increase 
in the Acreage during the last four Years — Two distinct Systems of Cul- 
tivation — First system, or growing Fruit upon Grass-land, and Acreage of 
Counties where adopted — Apple and Pear-orchards of Herefordshire — Sorts 
of Apples and Pears usually cultivated in Great Britain — Cost of Planting, 
Eents of Land, Eeturns — Cider and Perry — Apple-orchards form the chief 
part of the Fruit-land of Devonshire and Somersetshire — Fruit-land in 
Worcestershire and Gloucestershire — Not enough care bestowed upon the 
System of Fruit-growing — The Spring season frequently most destructive 
to Fruit-trees — Cost of raising Orchards — The Second System, or growing 
Fruit upon Cultivated Land — Fruit-bushes set under Standard Trees — 
Cherry-culture in Kent — Greengages — Gooseberries ; Eed, Wliite, and Black 
Currants — Filberts and Cob-nuts grown in Kent — Their peculiar Cultiva- 
tion — Fruit Culture in Cornwall — Cornish Easpberries — Plums largely 
grown near Evesham — Strawberry cultivation — Acreage of Fruit-land in 
Wales very small — Climate of Scotland unfavourable for Fruit-growing — 
Large Demand for Fruit — Immense Quantities of Fruit taken for Jam- 
making — Amount of Fruit grown impossible to be ascertained — Large 
Impoi-tation from France and other countries .. ,. Tages 470-482 
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