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Fruit Cultivation. 
Fruit culture 
in Cornwall. 
Cornish rasp- 
berries. 
Plums largely 
grown near 
Evesham. 
Strawberry 
cultivation. 
degree superseding them. The trees are very similar, and a 
pruned and cultivated in the same way. 
Cornwall has been famous for its fruit-production for cei 
turies. Its apples are finely flavoured and abundant, owing 
its mild climate and rich soil. A peculiar sort of apple know 
as the Gilliflower is justly celebrated. Bush-fruits of all kin( 
are grown here in the same way as in Kent, and straw berri 
and raspberries, which are indigenous, are very largely and su 
cessfully cultivated. The latter fruit is grown upon canes, s 
3 feet by 5 feet apart. These canes are arched, and tied loose 
with strips of matting, so as not to fracture them. No stakes a 
required and the fruit grows all round the arched cane. Cornis 
raspberries are remarkably fine, and are sent to market in cask; 
the average price obtained for them is 285. per cwt., and a 
average crop is about If ton per acre. Fruit is sent from Con 
wall to London by rail, and to Liverpool by sea. In Surrey an 
Lancashire, fruit is mainly grown upon bushes, and in conne 
tion with market gardens. Gooseberries and currants are gro" 
in the same way as in Kent, and strawberries are extensive 
grown in the former county. Market gardeners in Middlesf 
also cultivate fruit-trees and plant vegetables between them i 
quick succession ; but they do not grow fruit upon any svsteii 
Fruit-growers in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, especial! 
near Evesham in the former county, grow soft fruit of all kinc 
with great success. The trees and bushes are not planted a 
over the ground with mathematical regularity as in Kent, but ai 
set in rows here and there, with large spaces left for the growt 
of vegetables. Plum-trees are cultivated to a great exten 
and thrive exceedingly well, as do all other fruit-trees, u))on th 
blue Lias clay. A small white egg-plum, known as the Pershoi 
plum, is much grown and with great success. As much as 100 
per acre per annum has been made from these plums. Aboi 
18/. per acre per annum is the average profit from cultivate 
fruit-land in these counties. Rents range from 4Z. to 12/. pc 
acre, and the expenses average 13/., exclusive of picking an 
selling the fruit. But little of the fruit grown hferc is sent t 
London. The bulk of it goes to Birmingham, Mancheste; 
Dudley, Wolverhampton, Liverjiool, Leeds, and other large Mid 
land and Northern towns where there is a large and growin 
demand for the artisan population. 
The cultivation of strawberries has been largely extended f 
late. This fruit is grown in Cornwall ; in the neighbourhood 
of Devonport, Tavistock, and Plymouth in Devonshire ; i 
the Vale of Evesham, in Worcestershire; and in the countir 
bordering upon London, notably in the western ])art of Ken 
on the clays of the Thanet beds. Clay-land suits strawberrie 
