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comprise  ninety-six  culinary  and  sixty-nine  dessert  trees  ; 
3 acres  of  old  orchard  pasture  have  been  filled  up  with 
thirty-six  trees  of  culinary  and  fifty-six  trees  of  cider 
apples.  The  plum  orchard  contains  : — 
Early  ....  Eivers  Prolifics. 
2nd  Early  . . . Egg  or  Pershore  Plum. 
3rd  Early  . . . Victorias. 
Late  ....  Ponds  Seedlings. 
The  orcharding  is  well  done  and  looked  after  ; trees 
properly  protected  from  the  grazing  stock,  well  pruned, 
and  cared  for.  The  plum  trees  and  gooseberry  bushes  were 
all  good  and  looked  like  being  productive.  Mr.  Brooke  en- 
deavours to  sell  the  bulk  of  his  gooseberries  “ green.”  Green 
gooseberries  pay,  but  ripe  ones  “ draw  ” the  bushes  and  meet 
with  no  demand  in  the  market. 
Years  ago  this  farm  comprised  a lot  of  small  fields,  and 
probably  two  miles  of  old  fences  have  been  grubbed  up,  as  also 
two  or  three  pieces  of  “ cover  ” which  the  landlord  was  good 
enough  to  do  away  with.  Mr.  Brooke’s  farm  was  a good 
first,  and  well  worth  a visit  from  any  one  interested  in 
agriculture.  The  cultivations  were  very  good,  the  land  clean, 
and  the  crops  excellent.  The  pastures  are  of  rather  poor 
quality,  but  well  grazed.  Orchards  good  ; hedges  good  ; stock 
“ fair  ” ; horses  “ moderate.” 
Class  VII.— First  Prize  Farm. 
Occupied  by  Mr.  H.  T.  Nott,  Kyreivood,  Tenbury. 
This  farm  is  held  under  yearly  tenancy  from  E.  Vincent  V. 
Wheeler,  Esq.,  and  has  been  occupied  by  Mr.  Nott  for  seven 
years.  It  consists  of  86  acres  arable,  151  acres  grass,  49  acres 
hops,  and  6 acres  of  ash  plants.  There  are  74  acres  of  fruit 
included  in  the  grass  and  tillage  acreage.  The  plough  land 
generally  is  good,  varying  in  character  from  a sandy  loam 
to  a medium  clay.  While  being  “free-working,”  on  the  whole, 
there  are  veins  of  stifiE  clay  in  nearly  every  field.  The  tenant 
is  not  bound  down  to  any  particular  form  of  cropping.  The 
plough  land  is  worked  on  a five-course  system,  as  below  : — 
Roots 
I 
Oats 
I 
Seeds 
I 
Wheat 
i 
Oats,  Barley,  or  Beans 
