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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
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viz., Blenheim Orange, Mr. McIntyre, gardener to Mrs. Pease, Woodside, 
Darlington, being first; Stirling Castle, first Mr. Lamont, Kennet House ; 
Golden Noble, first Mr. D. Logan, Coldstream ; Lord Suffield, first Mr. Potter ; 
Warner’s King, first Mr. McKelvie, who also had first for King of the 
Pippins. The heaviest Apples being Gloria Mundi from Mr. McKenzie, 
Linton Park. 
Vegetables were a very good show. For twelve varieties (market gar¬ 
deners) Mr. Logan, Coldstream, was first with a fair lot. Mr. Potter, Seacliff, 
being first in the gardeners’ class with good Celery, Tomatoes, fine Brussels 
Sprouts, and Veitch’s Protecting Autumn Broccoli. For t welve Tomatoes Mr. 
Gordon, Niddrie House, was first. Mr. Potter had extra fine Brussels 
Sprouts; Cauliflowers, Onions, and Leeks were very fine. Mr. Cockburn, 
Stenton, Hast Lothian, showed a very fine dwarf strain of Parsley, and Mr. 
Donaldson, Keith Hall, had the best Potatoes. 
Among miscellaneous exhibits was a basket of rare and beautiful flowers 
from Dr. Paterson, Bridge of Allan ; basket of Grapes from Mr. Thomson, 
Clovenfords; examples of variously trained Apple trees from Messrs. 
Dickson & Co.: and a table of fine plants from Messrs. Laird & Sons, 
Pinkhill. ’ 
APPLE AND PEAR “ CONGRESS.” 
The Apple and Pear “ Congress,” as already stated, saved the Show from 
being a failure. The whole of the northern half of the Waverley Market, 
and the west end of that building was set apart for these fruits. Four 
tables, each over a hundred yards in length, besides several smaller tables, 
were filled entirely with the fruit sent for the Congress. About 12,000 
dishes of fruit were staged, and all parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland 
were represented in addition to a few dishes from Switzerland and a good 
collection from Nova Scotia. The British Apples came from such diverse 
quarters as the Orkney Islands, the Isle of Mull, Caithness, &c., in the north 
of Scotland, and Surrey and Kent in the south of England. Taking the 
Scotch Apples first, the county which staged the largest number of dishes 
wa3 the home one, Midlothian, 1350 being set up by seventeen exhibitors, 
several of whom were nurserymen. Roxburghshire came next with 750 
dishes. East Lothian with 660, and Lanark with 510. As a whole the finest 
fruit came from East Lothian, Roxburghshire, and Berwickshire, though 
there were individual cases in other counties, even the far north, where good 
fruit was to be found. Judging from the fruit staged the number of sorts 
which are relied on are not numerous, a few well-known sorts being found 
in most of the collections. One of the most common is the Old Catshead ; 
Warner’s King, Keswick Codlin, and Lord S uffield are also very common sorts, 
and in most districts these grow to a good size. In fact Catshead from 
Orkney was quite as large as it is to be found in the south of Scotland, 
though of course very green. 
Aberdeen. —There were twelve exhibitors from ibis county and about 
340 dishes were staged some of the fruit was very good, while others was 
extremely green, hard, and small. Messrs. Cocker & Sons, Aberdeen, 
staged eighty-four sorts Apples, Tower of Glamis, Stirling Castle, Worcester 
Pearmain, and Wellington being very good. Mr. Donaldson, gardener to 
Earl of Kintore, Inverury, had sixty-three dishes Apples and nine of Pears, 
the latter small and green, the Apples good, Warner’s King, Red Astrachan, 
and Kentish Fillbasket very good. Mr. Harris, Kincardine, O’Niel, in his 
twenty-four sorts had good Dutch Codlin, Cellini, Golden Spire, and 
Fulwood, in addition to sorts already named. Other exhibitors were 
Mr. Forrest, Haddo House, Messrs. W. Smith & Sons (150 dishes), 
Mr. Harper, Monalten Gardens, Mr. P. Glennie, Bielack, Mr. R. Pirie, 
Castle Newe, Mr. Farquhar, Fyvie Castle, Mr. Smith Dunecht, Mr. J. Hardy, 
Aboyne, Mr. Stephen, Crathes Ca-tle, and Mr. Kilgour, Edge Hill. 
Ayrshire. —Five exhibitors, 266 dishes. Mr. A. Bogie, Auchans House, 
170 sorts though small-well coloured, some good examples from wall or from 
pot culture ; Mr. Gilchrist, Harlford, thirty dishes well coloured ; Mr. Wil¬ 
son, Auchincrim, Ayr, forty-two dishes, including a fine dish of Duchesse 
d’Angouleme Pears; Mr. Gallacher, Kilkerran, Maybole, nine dishes of very 
good fruit, Pott’s Seedling and Ecklinville, fine; Mr. McKinnon, Dumfries 
House, fifteen dishes. 
Argyleshire. —Mr. Grierson, Torleisk Gardens, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, 
had seventeen dishes, Alexander, Lord Suffield, and Cox’s Pomona from a 
south wall being very fine indeed, and Thorle Pippin and Dumelow’s Seed¬ 
ling from standard, good. 
Berwickshire. —Eight exhibits came from this county, some very good 
fruit being staged. Mr. Fowler, Mertoun House, St. Boswells, showed fifty- 
six sorts of Apples aDd eighteen of Pears ; of the latter Beurre Diel, Marie 
Louise, and St. Lawrence were fine, Peasgood’s Nonsuch, Paradise Pippin, 
Worcester Pearmain, and Lord Suffield among the Apples very fine. Mr. 
McIntosh, Paxton House, Berwick, staged 110 dishes, not of a large size of 
fruit but well coloured. Mr. Cairns of The Hirsel; Mr. Renton, Lees ; and 
Mr. Hogg, Hope Park, Coldstream, each staged very large collections of fine 
fruit. The latter had very fine Conseiller de la Cour and Beurre Clairgeau 
Pears; and among the Apples in these collections were White Melrose, 
Cox’s Pomona, Court Pendfi Plat, and Manx Codlin. Mr. Robertson, 
Cowden Knowes, Earlston, forty dishes of rather small fruits. 
Banffshire. —Mr. Berry, Cullen House, Cullen, staged 100 dishes, eighteen 
of which were Pears ; the Apples were small though well coloured. 
Caithnesshire. —Mr. D. Munro, Keiss Castle, Wick, showed thirty sorts 
mostly small, Catshead large. 
Clackmannan. —Mr. J. Lamont, Kennet House, had fifty sorts of good 
size though wanting in colour. 
Dumbartonshire. —Mr. Mitchell, Camis Eskan, had thirty dishes, mostly 
small and very green. 
Dumfriesshire. —Messrs. Thomas Kennedy & Co., Dumfries, 100 dishes 
of very good fruits, Gloria Mundi, Mere de Menage, Golden Spire, Lord 
Darby, Catshead, Hollandbury, and Tower of Glamis the best. Mr. J. 
Hamilton, Domcliff, Moffat, twenty dishes of very small fruits. 
East Lothian. —Eight exhibitors. Most of the fruit shown was of a good 
size, and some of it well coloured. Mr. Black, gardener, Smeaton House, 
Prestonkirk, showed sixty-three dishes, Newtown Pippin and Irish Peach 
fine. Mr. Brotherston, Earl of Haddington, Tyninghame, had eighty-four 
dishes, Warner’s King, Ecklinville, Mere de Mbnage, Cox’s Pomona, being 
good. Mr. Brunton, gardener to Sir A. Kinloch, Bart., Gilmerton, Drem, had 
twanty-two dishes Pea-s and 110 Apples, fruit fine. Stone’s Apple Old 
English Codlin, and Cellini firm. Mr. Dow, gardener to Sir D. Baird, 
Newbyth, had sixteen dishes Pears, sixty-one Apples ; the Pears very fine, 
especially Moorfowl Egg, Beurre Diel, Beurrd d’Amanlis, and Hacon’s 
Incomparable. Mr. Garrett, gardener to J. B. Balfour, Esq., Whittinghame, 
showed eighty dishes of Apples, the fruit of good size, but wanting in colou r , 
Golden Noble fine. Mr. G. Potter, Seacliff, North Berwick, had sixty-seven 
dishes, good colour, fine fruit. Mr. Morrison, gardener to Miss Hamilton, 
Archerfield, Drem, had thirty dishes Pears and 110 Apples. These were 
generally small. Mr. McKelvie, Broxmouth, Dunbar, contributed thirty-six 
sorts, good highly coloured. First Warner’s King and Greenup’s Pippin 
especially fine. 
Fife.— Five collections, 240 dishes, five exhibitors, fruit generally good 
size and well coloured. Mr. Grant, Cambo House, Crzil, had sixty-two 
dishes. Mr. Henderson, Balbirnie, Markinch, showed sixty-four of rather 
smallish fruits. Mr. Williamson, gardener to J. H. Riggs, Esq., Tarvet 
House, Cupar, had seventy-two dishes, very good. Mr. Tait, gardener to 
Sir T. Coutts Lindsay, Bart., Balcarres, fifty dishes of good well-coloured 
fruits. 
Forfar. —Three exhibitors, 410 dishes. Messrs. Laird and Sinclair had 
350 dishes, some of which were very good. Mr. D. D. Anderson, Green- 
bourne, Monifieth, contributed eighty dishes, and Mr. Johnston, Glamis 
Castle, Glamis, eighty dishes of small and green fruits. 
Lanarkshire. —510 dishes, ten exhibitors. Mr. Gorrie, gardener to W. H. 
Hoyler, Esq., Mauldslie, Carluke, had 285 dishes small but highly coloured 
fruits. Mr. King, Dalzell Gardens, Motherwell, had fifty dishes, also small 
and some well coloured, the others were generally poor and wanting in 
colour. 
Midlothian. —Seventeen exhibitors, 1350 dishes. Mr. Dunn, gardener to 
Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith, staged seventy dishes of Pears and 260 of 
Apples, the fruit being generally of a small size and rather greenish. Sixty 
dishes were from dwarf bush, two years planted, the other four old standards, 
the latter much the best fruit. Yorkshire Beauty, Lord Suffield, and 
Alfriston were most noticeable in this collection, to which we may have an 
opportunity to refer again. The fruit in most of the other collections was 
also small in size and wanting in colour. Mr. Smith, gardener to Earl of 
Stair, Oxenford, and Mr. Gray, gardener to Sir J. Don Wauchope, Bart., 
Edmonston, having some good fruit in their collections. Messrs. Dickson 
and Co., Waterloo Place, staged 150 dishes from the Silverton Nurseries, 
some good examples being among these, Greenup’s Pippin, Lord Suffield, 
Warner’s King, Ecklinville (five seedlings) being among the best. 
Morayshire. —Messrs. R. & A. Morrison, Elgin, staged a good collection of 
highly coloured fruit, Peasgood’s Nonesuch being very fine; and Mr. 
Chrystal, gardener to Sir W. Gordon-Cumming, Bart., Altyre, Forres, had 
fifty dishes of fairly good fruits. 
Nairnshire. —Two collections came from this northern county, but the 
fruit was rather small. 
Orkney. —Mr. J. McDonald, gardener, Balfour Castle, sent twenty-one 
dishes, which were mostly small and very green. 
Peeblesshire. —From the hilly county three exhibitors forwarded small 
collections, the best being from Sir C. Tennant, Bart., The Glen, Inner¬ 
leithen. Those from Mr. Borthwick, Stobo Castle, Peebles, and from Mr. 
McFarlane, King’s Meadow, were smaller and very green. Stirling Castle 
was fine from the last-named exhibitor. 
Perthshire. —There were ten exhibitors from this county, who sent about 
440 dishes. Much of the fruit was very small and greenish, but good 
examples were presmt in some of the collections. Mr. Robertson, Fern 
Bank House, Errol, staged 100 dishes, some of which were very good. Mr. 
Browning, The Gardens, Dupplin, Perth, had fifty dishes, very good, Lord 
Suffield being fine. Mr. Brown, Abercairney, had thirty dishes, and Mr. W. 
Bisset, gardener to Sir R. Moncrieff, Bart., Bridge of Earn, fifty dishes. 
Renfrew. —Mr. Maxwell, gardener to Mrs. Clarke, Ralston House, sent 
thirty dishes, but the fruit was small and green. 
Roxburghshire. —Seven hundred and fifty dishes came from this count}’, 
sent by seven exhibitors. Some of the fruit was very good. The best came 
from Mr. Dalrymple-Elliston, St. Boswells, the fruit evidently having been 
the produce of orchard house culture. There were forty-seven dishes of 
Pears and thirty-three of Apples in this collection. Of the former Uvedale’s 
St. Germain, Bergamotte Esperen, Beurre d’Anjou, Passe Colmar, Beurre 
Diel, Doyenne du Comice, Nouvelle Fulvie, and Glou Morfeau were espe¬ 
cially fine ; and of the latter Warner’s King, Alfiiston, Reinette du Canada, 
Rossignol, and Peasgood’s Nonesuch. Mr. Kerr, Sunlaws, Kelso, showed 
forty-three dishes, many of which were good. The best were Catshead, 
Alfriston, Mere de Menage,Dumelow’s Seedling, Gravenstein, and Worcester 
Pearmain. Messrs. Stuart &. Mein, Kelso, showed 210 dishes, a good and 
representative collection, mostly grown on nursery trees. Messrs. Laing and 
Mather, Kelso, had 150 sorts of Apples and eighteen Pears, which had been 
sent from local gardeners through them. There was much fairly good fruit, 
Golden Noble, Gravenstein, Maltster, Manx Codlin, Ecklinville, and Warner’s 
King being most noticed. Messrs. Ormiston & Renwick, Melrose, sent 
200 dishes very good, examples of White Melrose, Manx Codlin, The Queen, 
and Cox’s Pomona being noticeable. Mr. Thomson, Eildon Hall, sent 
twenty-four dishes of good fruit. 
Ross-shire. —Mr. Munro, gardener to A. Matheson, Esq., Duncraig, Stor¬ 
noway, had 100 dishes, thirty of which were Pears of poor quality, and the 
Apples very green. Mr. Simpson, gardener to K. S. Mackenzie, Esq., Brahan 
Castle, Conon Bridge, fourteen Pears and sixteen Apples, not large, but 
many well coloured. 
Stirlingshire. —Four hundred and two dishes came from this county sent 
by four exhibitors. Messrs. Drummond & Sons, Stirling, sent 186 dishes, 
seventy-eight of which were Pears. The fruit was mostly green, but some 
of good size, the best sorts being Warner’s King, Catshead, Stirling Castle, 
Blenheim Pippin, Lord Suffield, and Yorkshire Greening. Mr. Souza, Touch, 
sent 110 dishes, eighteen of which were Pea'S, all small and mostly green. 
Mr. Carnegie, Leckie House, Stirling, sent twenty-three dishes of Apples 
and nine dishes of good Pears. The others were very poor. 
Selkirkshire. —Mr. Anderson, Broadmeadows, forty dishes of fairly good 
Apples; Catshead, Stirling Castle, and Lord Suflield the best. 
Sutherlandshire. —Mr. Melville, Dunrobin Castle, sent twenty dishes, and 
Mr. Urquhart, Skibo Castle, Dornoch, thirty dishes, very small and green ; 
Catshead large. 
