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2. Whether does home or foreign seed produce the 

 best marketable plants, or such as command the highest 

 price in the market ? 



Both equally good. (John Methven, Edinburgh.) 



Equal. (William Christie, Fochabers.) 



Home. (B. Pteid & Co., Aberdeen.) 



Home. (Cardno & Darling, Aberdeen.) 



Foreign seed will produce the best market plants, 



and that in the shortest time. (Stuart, Mein, & Allan, 



Kelso.) 



Home. (Howden & Company, Inverness.) 

 Home. (Little & Ballantine, Carlisle.) 

 Home. (Eichard Smith, Worcester.) 

 Home. (William Fell & Co., Hexham.) ^ 

 Home. (Thomas Imrie & Sons, Ayr.) 

 Home. (William Sim, Forres.) 

 Home. (Dicksons & Co., Edinburgh.) 

 Home. (Thomas Kennedy & Co., Dumfries.) 



3. Wliether are the seedlings and young plants, so 

 long as in the nursery, up to three or four years old, 

 most liable to injury from spring frosts ? 



From their tendency to make an early growth, 

 foreign seedlings are more liable than home. (John 

 Methven, Edinburgh.) 



Foreign, but not much difference. (William Christie, 

 Fochabers.) 



Foreign. (B. Eeid & Co., Aberdeen.) 



Foreign. (Cardno & Darling, Aberdeen.) 



