SCOTLAND — MIDLAND. 



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SCOTLAND— MIDLAND DIVISION. 



Exhibitors. 



1. — Mr. J. Cameron, Auchterarder House, Perthshire. 



Observations.— Examples small and deficient in colour, ex- 

 cepting those grown on walls. 



Exhibitor's Bemarhs. — Grown on Standards in borders 

 inside a walled garden, varying in age from 20 to 50 years. 

 Situation, sheltered, facing north. Soil, stiff black loam, 

 approaching clay. Trees are much given to canker if bruised, 

 and very much covered with moss in winter. The sun's rays 

 strike but a very small portion of the ground, and in mid-winter 

 the sun is not seen. Stirling Castle, King of the Pippins, Lord 

 Sufrield, and Hawthornden bear well almost every year. 



2. — Mr. D. Doig, The Gardens, Bossie Priory, Inchture, 

 Perthshire. 



Exhibitor's Bemarhs. — Grown on Bush trees from 6 to 15 

 feet high, planted in the borders by the sides of the walks in a 

 kitchen garden. Those which are grafted on the Free stock are 

 about 50 years old ; the others, on the Paradise, are about 12 

 years ; upon this stock some varieties do not succeed, the trees 

 becoming cankered. The gardens are well sheltered by trees, 

 and are situated at the bottom of a hill, about 80 feet above the 

 sea-level. Soil, a black loam 18 inches deep ; subsoil, a sandy 

 gravel, very deep. The lowest part of the ground is subject to 

 hoar frosts and fog. Both trees and fruit are very subject to the 

 growth of lichen. 



3. — Mr. P. W. Fairgrieve, The Gardens, Dunheld, Perth. 

 Observations. — Examples mostly small and deficient in colour. 



Exhibitor's Bemarhs. — Grown on dwarf Standard and Bush 

 trees 8 years old, mostly grafted on the Paradise. Situation, 

 sheltered, with a south aspect, 176 feet above sea-level. Soil, 

 light ; subsoil, gravel. 



4. — Mr. A. McKinnon, Gardener, Scone Palace, Perth. 



Observations. — A very interesting and excellent contribution. 

 Many examples large and fine. 



Exhibitor's Bemarhs. — Grown on Bush, Pyramid, and Espa- 

 . lier trees, grafted on the Paradise and Free stocks. Situation, 

 low, but sheltered on all sides. Soil, a heavy rich loam, resting 

 on a clay bottom. Apples in this part of Scotland are very late 

 and very small. 



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