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ripen better at Duukeld in Perthshire, and even 

 at Brahan Castle in Ross-shire, than they do in 

 many gardens in Cumberland and Northumber- 

 land, although several degrees farther south. 

 If this is the case as regards these exotic fruits, 

 surely it holds equally strong in regard to 

 apples, pears, &c., which are next to indigenous 

 to our climate. 



Mr Hogg, who has paid greater attention to 

 the Border fruits than any other pomologist of 

 equal intelligence, and who, himself a native of 

 those districts, has had ample opportunity of 

 drawing fair conclusions, gives, in his excellent 

 work on British Pomology, the following list 

 for the Border counties of England and Scot- 

 land, and the warm and sheltered situations in 

 other parts of Scotland : 1st, Summer and Au- 

 tumn apples fit for the dessert. — "Blenheim pippin, 

 Cambusnethan pippin, Devonshire quarrenden, 

 Greennup's pippin, Grey Leadington, Irish peach, 

 Kerry pippin, Margaret, Oslin, Ravelston pippin, 

 Red Ingestrie, Summer pearmain, Summer straw- 

 berry, Tarn Montgomrie, White paradise, Whorle, 

 Wormsley pippin, Yellow Ingestrie." For kitchen 

 purposes. — " Carlisle codlin, Dutch codlin, Early 

 Julian, Hawthornden, Hill's seedling, Melrose, 

 Keswick codlin, Manx codlin, Spring Grove cod- 

 lin, Tarvey codlin." Winter apples for same locali- 

 ties, (those marked * require a wall). — Dessert 

 sorts—" Balmanno pippin, * Barcelona pearmain, 

 *Braddick's nonpareil, Baxter's pearmain, Bog- 

 miln favourite, Contin reinette, * Court of 

 Wick, Doonside, Gogar pippin, *Golden pippin, 

 *Margil, Green longlast, *Nonpareil, *Pear- 

 son's plate, Pitmaston nonpareil, Pow captain, 

 *Ribston pippin, * Scarlet nonpareil, *Sturmer 

 pippin." Kitchen winter-apples. — " Bedfordshire 

 foundling, Brabant belle fleur, Dumelow's seed- 

 ling, Green virgin, Pile's russet, Red Fulwood, 

 Royal russet, Rymer, Sir Walter Blackett's 

 favourite, Tower of Glammis, Waltham Abbey 

 seedling, Winter strawberry, White Fulwood." 

 All the apples in our foregoing lists are known 

 to succeed in the southern parts of the island ; 

 particular selections, therefore, need not be 

 made. Our wish is to direct the attention of 

 cultivators to the necessity of grubbing up use- 

 less kinds, casting aside all associations of anti- 

 quity, and substituting those that are more 

 valuable, and equally adapted to their climate. 



The following is a list of approved sorts suited 

 for espaliers or dwarfs, succeeding well when 

 grafted on the paradise or doucin stock, and 

 adapted to the northern parts of Scotland, and 

 other exposed situations, given by Mr Hogg : 

 "Adam's pearmain, Ashmead's kernel, Barcelona 

 pearmain, Boston russet, Braddick's nonpareil, 

 Breedon pippin, Bringewood pippin, Christie's 

 pippin, Claygate pearmain, Coe's golden drop, 

 Cornish gilliflower, Court of Wick, Court-pendu 

 Plat, Downton pippin, Dutch mignonne, Early 

 harvest, Early nonpareil, Franklin's golden pip- 

 pin, Golden Harvey, Golden pippin, Golden 

 reinette, Hawthornden, Hubbard's pearmain, 

 Joanneting, Kerry pippin, Keswick codlin, 

 Manx codlin, Margaret, Margil, Nonpareil, 

 Oslin, Padley's pippin, Pearson's plate, Robin- 

 son's pippin, Scarlet pearmain, Sturmer pippin, 

 Summer golden pippin, Summer pearmain, 



Taunton golden pippin, Wyken pippin." In 

 how few gardens, in the situations referred to, 

 do we find even a tithe of these excellent sorts 

 cultivated, while the walls are covered, and the 

 quarters crowded with trees of unnecessary size 

 and age, not only unproductive, but were they 

 even otherwise, the crops produced are of an in- 

 ferior quality. 



List of apples rather delicate to ripen generally 

 in Britain, and which Mr Rivers proposes to 

 grow in his orchard-house: Green Newtown 

 pippin, Yellow Newtown pippin, Northern spy, 

 Melon apple, and the Male Carle, a favourite Ita- 

 lian apple of great delicacy and beauty, the other 

 being American apples of the highest character. 

 It is to us, however, questionable whether a 

 glass structure might not be more usefully em- 

 ployed than in growing fruits which we can im- 

 port from their native country in the fullest per- 

 fection, and at infinitely less expense and trouble. 



Select list of apples which ripen at Culzean 

 Castle, Ayrshire.- — Alexander, Blenheim pippin, 

 Court of Wick, Codlin white, Duke of Wel- 

 lington, Early Julien, Eve apple, French rein- 

 ette, Ganges pippin, Gravenstein pippin, Haw- 

 thornden, Kerry pippin, King of pippins, Mar- 

 gil, Nonpareil scarlet, Ribston pippin, Royal 

 russet, Wareham russet, Stirling Castle, Spitz- 

 enberg, Yorkshire greening, Wormsley pippin, 

 Hughes' golden pippin, Reinette Doree, London 

 pippin, Early Margaret, Summer queening, Ord's 

 apple, Herefordshire pearmain, Paradise pippin. 



Select list of apples which ripen at Drumlanrig 

 Castle, Dumfriesshire, (S. and W. indicate 

 Standard or Wall). — Alexander, S. ; Alfreston, S.; 

 Astrachan white, S. ; Blenheim pippin, S. ; Cam- 

 busnethan pippin, S.; Codlin Keswick, S.; Cod- 

 lin Manx, S.; Downton, S. ; Dumelow's seedling, 

 S.; Golden pippin, W.; Golden cluster, S.; Scarlet 

 golden pippin, S. ; Gravenstein, W. ; Hawthorn- 

 den, S., does best in strong soil, cankers and 

 dies off in light soil; Kerry pippin, W. ; King of 

 pippins, S., one of our hardiest fruits, resisting 

 spring frosts; Melville pippin, S. ; Nonpareil, 

 several varieties, W.; Nonpareil scarlet, W. ; 

 Oslin, S. ; Paradise pippin, S. ; Pearmain Lamb 

 Abbey, S. ; Pencaitland pippin, S. ; Quarrenden 

 Devonshire, S. ; Ribston pippin, W.; Russet 

 royal, W.; Pomme d'Api, or Lady apple, W. 



The following apples are all excellent, and 

 may be given as a list suitable for a garden in 

 the southern counties of England, to be grown 

 as espaliers or dwarf standards, arranged in the 

 order of their ripening : — 



Dessert sorts. — Early harvest, Early red Mar- 

 garet, Summer golden pippin, Kerry pippin, 

 Wormsley pippin, King of the pippins, Wyker 

 pippin, Claygate pearmain, Maclean's favourite, 

 Court of Wick, Ribston pippin, Pitmaston non- 

 pareil, Hughes' golden pippin, Golden Harvey, 

 Braddick's nonpareil, Herefordshire pearmain, 

 Court-pendu Plat, Reinette du Canada, Downton. 

 nonpareil, Scarlet nonpareil, Sturmer pippin. 



Culinary sorts. — Keswick codlin, Dutch codlin, 

 Nonsuch, Hawthornden, Waltham Abbey seed- 

 ling, Blenheim pippin, Bedfordshire foundling, 

 Dumelow's seedling, Alfreston, Gloria mundi, 

 Northern greening, Brabant belle fleur, Royal 

 russet, Norfolk beaufin, Easter pippin. 



