Fruit farming for profit (rev. to 1911) A practical treatise ... with detailed instructions for successful commercial culture on the Kent system by Bunyard George

Author:Bunyard, George
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fruit-culture -- Great Britain
Publisher: Maidstone, Kent Vivish & Baker

CHAPTER XIX.

PRICES OF MARKET TREES.

These vary in value from year to year, and as in other commodities, from relation of demand to supply. Plums are generally the least expensive. Standard Orchard Trees of all sorts range from £6 los. to £8 per 100, or from i8s. to £i is. per dozen. Half-standards from ^4 to £6 per 100. Two years feathered from ^3 155. to £5. One to three year Dwarfs from £3 to £5. Bushes or Pyramids from £4 to £10 per 100, the latter often being the cheapest, as they are large fruiting trees, 4 to 6 years old. Two-year-old Bushes of Apples on Paradise stocks or Pears on Quince stocks are the favourite ages for market planting. The prices of Wall trees and others may be found in Nursery Catalogues. One-year-old or maiden trees are not recommended, they are cheaper, but the saving of time when older trees are purchased, outweighs the prime costs. Bush soft fruit ranges from ios. to £i 55. per 100; Currants being the cheapest. Sometimes these may be had of neighbours at a cheap rate; but these prices refer to Nurserymen's rates. Raspberries from i8s. to £2 per 1,000. Cob Nuts ^i IDS. to £2 IDS. per 100.

The best plan is to write to a Nurseryman, fully stating wants, asking for a price including delivery. Package is a sore point with buyers, as they object

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