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A trip to Europe continues....
The house was neatly maintained by the women of the family and its surroundings were clean. The farmer took his farm roduce to the market on horse-driven carts.
In Middlebrough, we visited a poultry farm maintained on modern lines. There were about 5,000 birds in this farm and the owner used to send his produce, both eggs and chicken, to London. The eggs were hatched in incubators and the process was interesting. As I had been interested in gardening all my life, I made it a
point to visit some big orchards run on business lines in Britain. One of them was an orchard about 200 acres in area at Riversmith, a small village near Cambridge. It was owned by an elderly Englishman and. contained all the modern machinery that an orchard needed. There were half a dozen glass-built hot houses in which the temperature at which a particular fruit thrives was maintained. It was tempting to see peaches, plums and apples, growing in these hot houses as well as outside in the open garden. We were very much tempted by the luscious peaches in the hot houses! Having discovered from our looks that we would like to pluck some fruit, the farmer himself suggested that we could do so. The peaches and plums that we ate here were delicious. I purchased some fruit which I sent to my London hotel. Apples of different varieties grown at this farm were of the highest quality and had their own distinctive flavour. I purchased a number of plants at this farm and the owner sent them to India. They were planted at my Talnoo orchard where they are giving good fruit. Another orchard I visited was at Bedford. There also I purchased a number of plants-apples, cherries, plums, blackberries, strawberry and nectarines. When planted in Upper Dharamsala most of them died excepting the apples which are giving fruit even today.
We also paid a visit to Cambridge University and saw its colleges. with their beautiful lawns.
to be continued...