Fruit Memos.

Manawatu Herald, 9 April 1898, Page 2

Fruit Memos.

" Why are the tops of these young plum trees broken over?" someone asked in passing through an Auckland nursery. " That is to make the buds swell out for budding " was the answer. " Majetin stock is the worst stock you could ever use " said Mr Beloe of the Lynwood nurseries, Pukekoher " Northern Spy is the best stock in the , world." Mr Beloe declares' the three best pears without any hesitation to be — River's Fertility, River's Conference, •and the most wonderful of all the Japanese Golden Russet. The same authority stated that in planting an orchard of Japanese plums, \ the best returns would be got from the following four sorts to cover the whole season : — Red June (ripe at Christmas), Burbank (4. weeks, Jan. and Feb.), Wickton (4 weeks, Feb. and March), and October Purple which comes in after Wjckson. At Todduigton, Gloucestershire, Lord Sudeley has an orchard of 500 acres^ in extent, which yields its owner an \ annual profit of £10,000. Near Olden, \U.S.A., on the Ozark mountains, there is one of the largest and finest fruit farms in the world. It

consists of 2200 acres of land on which are planted 61,000 peach, 23,000 apple, and 2,000 pear trees, with 40 acres of small fruits.