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XXXVIII. An Account of some Varieties of the Apple 

 which have been found to succeed in a Garden in Rosshire, 

 Latitude 57° 34' 54", N. with Descriptions of Five New 

 Seedling Apples. In a Letter to the Secretary. By Sir 

 George Steuart Mackenzie, Bart. F. H. S. 



Read March 20, 1827. 



My Dear Sir, 

 A s you expressed a wish to know which of the many 

 varieties of the Apple I had tried, had succeeded in this 

 quarter, I now comply with it, and should have done so 

 sooner, had I not been anxious to ascertain the length of 

 time some of the fruit would keep, after having been brought 

 to a more perfect state of maturity than usual, by the long 

 duration and intensity of last Summer's heat. I may premise 

 that there are many climates in this county varied by proxi- 

 mity to the sea, elevations above it, and subsoil. Along the 

 shores of the Friths the bottom is either gravel or sand, and 

 gardens placed over these are much earlier than mine, which 

 has the disadvantage of being on a cold stiff tilly clay, very 

 retentive and poor, and in being high and exposed, though 

 surrounded with wood of tolerable growth. I consider all 

 the disadvantages I have to contend with rather fortunate 

 than otherwise for experiments, because whatever may suc- 

 ceed with me is sure to answer well in more favourable 

 situations. 



1. Herefordshire Pearmain. Trained on an espalier, has 



