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Ireland was represented by seven counties, each of which sent 

 collections of good average merit. 



ISTova Scotia. — Tlie Government of this Colony (through I'rofessor 

 Lawsou, an old Edinburgh man) sent a very superior collection of 

 apples. Many of the samples were of first-class merit. Among 

 the best were Blenheim Orange, perhaps the finest sample of this 

 sort in the whole exhibition ; Gloria Mundi, Gravenstein, Golden 

 Eusset, Mammoth Eusset, a very superior sample ; Catkin's Pippin, 

 Fox's Pippin, and Northern Spy, the latter very fine. 



Germany. — From Herr Strasser, Innsbruck, came a collection of 

 seven dishes of very attractive appearance. They were only medium - 

 sized fruit, but models of form and brilliant colouring. The most 

 remarkable were Eed Noble, Kalterer Bohmer, and White Eosemary. 

 Ireland sent representative collections from six counties, all 

 of more than average merit. There was a nice collection from 

 Messrs. Eoger, jM'Clelland, & Co., Newry. 



Scotland is very largely represented, nearly every county sending 

 in collections of varying merit according to the latitude and eleva- 

 tion whence each has been sent. Midlothian sends the largest 

 number of samples, which on the whole are of very superior quality, 

 especially as regards apples ; but pears are comparatively few and of 

 ordinary quality. The most remarkable collection is that put up 

 by Mr. Dunn, The Gardens, Dalkeith, which musters 260 varieties 

 of apples and pears, many being of excellent quality. There was a 

 good collection of apples and pears from Messrs. Ireland & Thomson, 

 Edinburgh ; a large collection from Messrs. Dickson & Co., nursery- 

 men, Edinburgh, along with which were exhibited excellent samples 

 of fruit trees, illustrative of the different styles of training from 

 bushes to standards, cordons to espalier, and fan and horizontal 

 trained trees for walls. 



Eoxburghshire was rich alike in quality and numbers. Messrs. 

 Ormiston & Eenwick, Melrose, had a very considerable collection 

 gathered from various parts of the county, exhibiting fair quality, 

 and Messrs. Laing & Mather, Kelso, with a smaller collection, 

 exhibited more uniform excellence ; but it was among the collections 

 from private growers that the fullest capacity of the county for 

 fruit-growing was illustrated. The collection exhibited by Mr. 

 Melville, Elliston Gardens, St. Boswells, is a remarkable one, in 

 some resx3ects one of the most remarkable in the show, not so much 

 as illustrating the capabilities of the particular district of this 

 county in which the samples were grown, as what may be done by 

 means of glass protection applied on the orchard house principles to 

 produce the highest possible results in apple and pear culture in 

 climates adverse to the production of the best varieties of these 



