BEST HAEDY FRUITS FOR CENTRAL SCOTLAND. 



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Pears are usually grown on walls, but some varieties do well as 

 pyramids, cordons, and standards. 'Autumn Bergamot,' 'Hessle,' 

 * Muirfowl Egg,' 'Doyenne d'Ete,' ' Crawford,' and ' Catillac ' all do well, 

 and crop heavily as a rule as standards. But we must rely on walls for 

 our best dessert Pears. The following usually crop and finish well : — 

 ' Jargonelle,' ' Williams' Bon Chretien,' ' Beurre d'Amanlis,' ' Beurre 

 Diel,' ' Louise Bonne of Jersey,' ' Doyenne du Comice,' ' Marie Louise,' 

 ' Gansel's Bergamot,' and ' Easter Beurre.' 



Plums crop and do well as a rule. Several may be grown as bush, 

 pryamid, and standards. The best for this purpose are 'Victoria,' 

 •Orleans,' 'Jefferson,' and 'Goliath.' For walls the following are 

 reliable : — ' Coe's Golden Drop,' ' Early Transparent Gage,' ' Green Gage,' 

 'Pond's Seedling,' 'Kirke's,' 'Cox's Emperor,' 'Diamond,' 'Early 

 Prolific,' 'Prince Englebert,' 'Jefferson' (one of the best), 'Ickworth 

 Imperatrice,' and ' Washington.' ' Victoria'' is best on a w^all if it is to be 

 used for dessert. 



Cherries are growm only on walls, and the following all do well and 

 crop heavily: — ^' Early Rivers,' 'May Duke,' 'Governor Wood,' 'Black 

 Eagle,' 'Late Duke,' and 'Archduke.' The Bigarreaus do not do well, 

 as they crop but sparingly. For kitchen use, ' Morello ' and ' Kentish ' 

 bear hea^*y crops generally. 



Peaches are not extensively grown out of doors, owing to the pre- 

 carious spring weather when they are in flower, and they usually suffer 

 badly from leaf blister. The following, however, will ripen perfectly 

 outside on a wall in ordinary seasons : — ' Hale's Early,' ' Early York,' 

 ' Waterloo,' 'Alexander,' and ' Early Beatrice.' 



Nectarines and Figs cannot be recommended for outdoor culture, as 

 they wall not ripen as a rule outside. 



Apricots do well in some places, but are not reliable ; sometimes half 

 a tree wall die without any apparent reason. 



Small Fruits. — In these we can compare favourably with southern 

 growers, owing to our cool and moist chmate. Nowhere have I seen finer 

 Raspberries, Strawberries, or Bush Fruit than in Perthshire and Stirling- 

 shire. Raspberries delight in a moist border facing north, where they 

 bear heavy crops and make canes 6 ft. and 9 ft. high. ' Superlative ' is no 

 doubt the best Raspberry. Strawberries also do well, but it is useless to 

 recommend varieties, because what does well here is often useless a few 

 miles away ; so the only plan is to try what varieties will suit the soil, and 

 not to plant large quantities until you see what will do best. Gooseberries 

 are very largely grown for marketing near tow^ns and are a profitable 

 crop. ' Whinham's Industry,' ' Whitesmith,' and ' Warrington ' are largely 

 grown for market, but ' Whinham's ' is the best of all for weight of crop. 

 By planting dessert varieties on a north or east wall, we get late ripe fruit 

 for the end of August and the first week or two in September. Black 

 Currants are also largely grown for market, but the mite has made terrible 

 havoc in many places, and no reliable remedy is known. Cutting down 

 and burning old bushes aflected is not much good, as the yoimg growth 

 is as bad as ever in a year or two. 



