Mar. 2, 1908.] A (fHcultural Gazette of N.S.W. 243 



Pickling Citrus Fruit. 



The pickling of citrus fruit peels, or of the citrus fruit themselves, to be 

 afterwards used to prepare candies, is carried out as follows : — 



The pickle used is salt and water, viz., a solution of 12|^ lb. of salt in 

 every 10 gallons of water. One of tlie heads of a cask of about 100 gallons 

 is removed and the vessel is filled with peels, or with the citrus fruit split 

 in lialves. The pickle is poured on them until the vessel is full to the 

 brim, then the head that was removed is put back. The cask will gradu- 

 ally get in ullage, through evaporation, therefore more Ijrine is added 

 through the bung, so as to keep the cask always quite full. 



In this condition they will keep for a long time, and can be even shipped 

 to distant countries. 



African Wonder Grass {Fanicmu spectab'ile). 



B. HARRISON, Tweed River. 



Thi^ is tlie heaviest-yielding grass in Australia, and it appears to thrive 

 well in any soil or situation. So far, it has proved a very shy seed bearer, 

 but it is readily j^roiDagated by pieces of the procumbent stem, which roots 

 freely at each joint. When well established it forms a mass of the richest 

 green foliage, about 5 or 6 feet higii, gradually lowering to the outer 

 border, where a network of shoots or runners cover the ground; it roots 

 at the joints, and sends up then a mass of the softest and most luscious 

 fodder. It is of rather coarse growth, Ijut should prove unrivalled for 

 pasture or ensilage. It is generally sjioken of in the highest terms of 

 praise by all those who have grown it, on account of its great vigour and 

 astonishing growth. A writer in the West Australian Journal of Agriculture 

 says : — " As the result of numerous experiments, the African Wonder 

 grass has proved the best of all the grasses yet introduced to this State; 

 it has succeeded in almost every ^jlace where it has been tried, both in 

 ■dry and moist situations, and the introduction of this grass for the stock- 

 owners of this State is worth several times over all the money that has 

 been spent for grass seeds and experimenting with grasses during the last 

 few years." At the Bathurst Experimental Farm this grass has proved a 

 vigorous grower, is unaffected by frosts, and sheep like it well. At several 

 of the West Australian experimentnl farms it has given the most promising 

 results ; in fact, it seems to stand the dry weather better than any grass 

 that we have yet had growing. It appears to be doing equally well in 

 sandy and clayey land, and also in dry places. This grass grows most 

 luxuriantly, and, as well as the upright growth, it sends out long lateral 

 stems, which form fresh roots at the nodules and cause the grass to 

 sjiread (piickly. Farmers in the western district should give it a trial, 

 as it is a splendid drouglit-resisting grass, and would enable them to 

 doul)le and treble tlie stock-carrying capacity of their holdings. 

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