By Sir George Steuart Mackenzie. 345 



produced which is earlier with us than the Old Scarlet. In 

 my garden the Alpine is the first ripe, as well as the one 

 that continues latest ; and the Duke of Kent is not with me, 

 as in the neighbourhood of London, earlier than the Old 

 Scarlet ; a proof, perhaps, that the climate affects the rela- 

 tive earliness and lateness of fruits. 



I am, my dear Sir, 



your's sincerely, 

 George Steuart Mackenzie. 



Coul, near DingwaU, N. B. 

 1st March, 1828. 



