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198 THE* GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [Aveust 15:17 
: REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF THE FRUIT CROPS. 
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS, AUGUST, 1874.] 
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COUNTY. |APRICOTS.| APPLES. | PEARS, | PLUMS. | pIRAW, |CHERRIES.| anp NEC- | FIGS. Re |. NUTS. ae 
> TARINES. 7 ADDRESS. 
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SCOTLAND. ; 
CAITHNESS ..|A fair crop of Good in places, | pior Very goodin | Very good A generally | A few: all is Very good |Very light crop| John Sı 
: i Moorpark and| in others some o aces. good crop under glass 5 in most places Langwell 
Salt pe geno i a eda: ' Hight and soalh light in others dale 3 
SUTHERLAND | Very few aon thin} -Late sort: Average Very good | Under average fee ees Heavy crops Average |David Melville, Dun- 
i under a t robin Gardens 
i miii sor orts | air 
ABERDEEN `... ‘Good Good Fair Good Abundant Good Very oe grown as Very abundant George Donaldson, 
. ; outdoors Keith Hall 
Abundantbut | Very good | Excellent but | Almost every | Good, Fair average | Too cold g The same as seberries |Fair ; not much|R. Farqubaky Fyvie 
not large in want of rain} sort seems ally Sir eo ok crop grow them in| the Peaches | and Currants grown Castle 
abundant jand Eon Pine R Ohe open ae and Nectarines} are very rich 
: - FORFAR Average crop | Average crop |Underaverage, ees a fine Good crop | Thin outside, Few rom out-|Red Currants Thin Cerit. hnston, 
Shiley ua onw walls, ve some kinds (excepting V and e fine under glass Sd, extra fine! abundant, =; tone 
few on lina on walls very | toria and Jet- llent. qualey under glass | Raspberries 
few on stand- ferso black Cur- : 
a 9 bene rants thin, 7 
Gooseberries 
z f plentiful 
--| A good crop |Trees are only| A scarce crop Very scarce, |Abundant, but} Morellos plen-| None in the All under |Abundant of Under the |J. Browning, The 
i young To of Vic- soon over tift te a open air glass here all kinds average Gardens, Tuai 
Castle k 
None; they | An hope An average Plentiful Most abun- Plentiful, spe- None on open Not o out- eyen of | A scarce crop |Robert i; 
do not — crop dant, and fine|cial a the ear walls of-doo all so! Balcarres, Colins- 
` ; burgh ie 
STIRLING -ci f Vis crop Fair crop |Middling crop s mid-|Excellent crop Very aa Middling Spas A fair crop ee M. Tit erald, Dun- 
: more s 
EAST LOTHIAN| Abundant |Very moderate} Moderate Halfa a =e Very abun- Abundant |A few on walls} Not grown | Large crop, ce Alexander Shearer 
dant except of Yester 
; Gooseberries : 
MIDLOTHIAN.. |Fully an aver-| Moderate ; fine) Over average ;|Good, and the} Moderate ; Good crop; | Not an aver-| Veryfew | Abundant,and! Partial a ; [Malcolm Dunn, Dal- 
i 2g. age crop in size and | fine fruit, and |fruit clean andj early sorts Moreti very e; trees | grown out-of- | but poor in not man keith Gardens 
: quality trees g at su doors ity | grow 
peee crop a crop | 
* Good crop 
Abundant Average 
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Pal h 
DCIOW AVeTASe 
Abundant crop 
Below averave 
Very heavy 
crop 
Scarce 
ithe |" A. fair a 
ae 
Average 
Some sorts fair, . Gis crop 
others thin 
Good 
Plenty 
Average 
Very few 
About an 
| average 
are 
DCIOW average 
Average 
Good crop 
Average 
Very good 
Not grown ; 
Nid never 
to per- 
very exten- 
a good crop 
rce 
sively, and is 
Generally an 
average crop 
- Good crop, 
od quality 
Great crop 
Light crop 
Good 
tity, fruit 
| A great quan- 
small 
Very thin 
Good crop 
Good crop~ 
Good 
+, 
Good crop 
Good 
Generally not 
good 
Abundant, 
` smaller than 
usual 
Plentiful 
Plentiful ; 
u gai 
Ral 
Dew average 
especially of 
Black Prines; 
Very few 
J| Very light 
Early kinds 
igood ; Mor 
scarce 
May, Bar 
General 
below average 
ellos 
Not grown to 
_ Abundant 
under glass ; 
none out-of- 
doors 
Nery few 
Thin crop 
Variable 
None grown 
outside 
Average 
Very good 
Nevet come 
ag ion | 
protection 
given 
Below average 
| Heavy crop. | 
None out-of 
_ doors 
None culti- 
vated outdoors 
.... 
Scarce 
Few grown 
pn Pet 
But fe 
cultivated 
Weng grown 
Good 
Little grown in 
the open air 
ape 
es pr 
ected 1a 
winter” 
Very light 
crop 
AT + 52 7 
IVLOS AVUNGATIC 
Abundant 
Unusually 
e 
Abundant ; 
gsr an 
ane se 
Abuwdant 
abundant and| 
: Plentiful 
Fair crop in 
the woods 
than usual 
_ good 
Average 
Gooseberries 
plentiful ; 
others scarce 
Average 
Generally very 
light crops 
| Gooseberries, 
oors | Currants, | 
ree 
and 
usua! 
'Plentiful 
Plentiful; 
Gooseberries 
fine ; Cur- 
An abundance, 
Below average 
Very light 
Not much 
grown 
bo 
TArchib 
Peter Loney, March- 
mont, Dunse 
John Gray, Eglinton 
Castle 
D. Thomson, Drum- 
larie ; 
es 
Johnston, 
Terregles Gardens - 
bald Fowler, x 
Castle Kennedy į 
Jobe nae Sade 
w. M Shand, Lowther 
Charles Chaplin, 
Belsfield oe 
Richard Westcott, 
Raby Castle 
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