SCOTLAND — south: EAST LOTHIAN, WIGTON. 



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SCOTLAND-SOUTHERN DIVISION. 



Exhibitors, 

 1. — Mr. P. Beand, Glaisnock, Old Cumnock. 

 Observations. — Examples small and green. 



Exhibitor's Bemarhs. — Grown on dwarf Standards, tlie trees 

 being about 12 years old, grafted on tlie Crab. Situation, 

 sheltered. Soil, heavy and retentive ; subsoil, brick-earth. This 

 is anything but an Apple district, being too cold and bleak, 

 and at an altitude of 600 feet. Our best bearers are Lord 

 Suffield, Keswick, and Manks' Codlin. 



2. — Mr. K. P. Brotherston, Tynninghame Gardens, Prestonkirk, 



ObservatioJis. — A very interesting and representative collec- 

 tion of Apples, some of the examples being large and fine. 



Exhibitor's Bemarks. — Gro'wn on Bush trees, having the 

 centre open, from 10 to 30 years old, and mostly grafted on the 

 Crab. Situation, in kitchen garden, sheltered by trees on the- 

 north-west and east. Soil, naturally light, but enriched and 

 deepened through long cultivation ; subsoil, gravel. 



8.— Mr. J. Beunton, Gilmerton Gardens, Drem, East Lothian. 



Observations. — A remarkably well-grown collection, many of 

 the examples vying in size and excellence with those grown in 

 the county of Kent. A carefully prepared tabulated list of the 

 varieties sent accompanied this collection, denoting the form and 

 habit of tree, bearing properties, stock, soil on which grown, &c., 

 which added greatly to the interest and value. 



Exhibitor's Bemarks. — All the varieties grown in the gardens 

 at Gilmerton are grafted on the Paradise stock. Situation, well- 

 sheltered, with a southern exposure. Soil, good and heavy, 

 depth 3 feet ; subsoil of clay 6 inches, then gravel. 



4. — Mr. James Day, The Gardens, Galloway House, Garlieston, 



Wigtonshire. 



Exhibitor's Be^narks. — Grown on Bush trees generally, 

 planted about 6 years, and believed to be on the Paradise stock. 

 Situation, within garden walls, low, damp, and sheltered. Soil, 

 a clayey loam, on gravel or rock. The Galloway Pippin I con- 

 sider the most reliable of any, being a constant cropper and 

 good keeper; the fruit is of good size, and suitable for either 

 culinary purposes or late dessert. The original tree was standing 

 until a few years back in the grounds or orchard attached to 



old monastery at Wigtown (near here), but ia now removed. 



