April 2, 1908.] Arjriciiltural Gazette of N.S. W, 345 



Orchard l^otes 



W. J. ALLEN. 



April. 



The outcome of the recent Conference of Ministers for Agriculture of New 

 8outh Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, is that much better 

 arrangements than have heretofore existed have been made for the iinjoorta- 

 tion and exportation of fruits, fruit-trees, and vegetables, and it was not the 

 desire of any of the Ministers that any restrictions should be jiut on legiti- 

 mate trade. South Australia still prohibits the import of grapes or grape- 

 vines, or any part of a vine, owing to the fact that there is no phylloxera in 

 that State, but will allow fruit to pass through to Broken Hill, provided 

 always that it has no disease which may spread to their orchards in transit, 

 'They reserve the right to inspect the same. 



Victoria and New South Wales have come to a very satisfactory agree- 

 ment, but fruit affected with fruit-fly is not allowed to be sent from one 

 State to another. Tasmania admits our nurseiy stock, provided it is free 

 from disease. 



All fruits to be exported must be passed as being fit for export and reason- 

 ably free from disease, and a certificate must accompany them to that effect 

 from the exporting State before they will be admitted to an}- State. Each 

 State resei'ves the right to inspect all fruit on arrival, but it is hoped that 

 the pre-export inspection will block much of the inferior and diseased fruits 

 which, up to the present time, have been sent from one State to the other, 

 and which has been the cause of all the friction between the States. 



Mr. Hugh CalderwooJ, of Galston-road, Hornsby, informs me that he had 

 recently fumigated some orange-trees, which had been sprayed with Bordeaux 

 mixture a fortnight before, and had not damaged a leaf on the trees. I am 

 of opinion that the heavy x-ains which fell between the time of spraying and 

 the fumigating washed the bluestone off the trees. Had there been no rain 

 in the meantime I fear the trees'would have suffered. 



Inspector Corrie reports that he found the following varieties of fruits 

 were doing best on the rivers south of Grafton, viz. : — 



Apples. Pears. Grapes. 



Granny Smith. Bartlett. Isabell. 



Newtown Pippin. Gansell's Bergamot. White Sherry. 



Carrington. Winter Cole. Muscat of Alexandria 



The latter two grapes take oidium badly, and require an occasional 

 spraying of Bordeaux mixture. 



