67 8 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. [Sept . 2 , 1 920 . 



Grafting and Budding. 



Toward the end of the month, and in the beginning of October, the apple 

 and pear trees will be sufficiently forward to permit satisfactory grafting, 

 and those trees which it is intended to re -work to better or more suitable 

 varieties should be cut back and grafted. It is best, when grafting older 

 trees, to leave one limb to take a portion of the sap. The scions for grafting 

 should be heeled into the soil until required. 



It is preferable to head stone-fruit trees hard back, and to bud the new 

 growth about December, or earlier if it is forward enough. 



Vines. 

 The vines having been dressed during the winter months with sulphuric 

 acid and sulphate of iron, as recommended for black spot, should (in districts 

 where black spot is prevalent) be sprayed with Bordeaux mixture (6-4-40) 

 when the early buds are bursting, and again with Bordeaux mixture (6-4-50) 

 when the later buds are bursting. If wet weather prevails a further appli- 

 cation of Bordeaux (6-4-50) should be made just before the vines blossom. 

 Later applications must be governed by weather conditions. The vines may 

 be dusted with flowers of sulphur during the early growing period as a check 

 to oidium. This disease makes its appearance within a few days if favour- 

 able weather conditions occur, such as I'ain during sunshine. 



The Lue Gim Gong Orange. 



The variety of orange Lue Gim Gong was the subject of some interest some 

 years ago, it having been claimed that it would hang on the tree for as long 

 as three years without deterioration. To test it, trees were worked to the 

 variety at Yanco Experiment Farm, and the reports now to hand from the 

 Manager, Mr. F. G. Chomley, show that the variety cannot be recommended, 

 the fruit being " raggy " and of inferior quality. It loses its colour and 

 turns green, like Valencia Late. The experience at Yanco also shows that 

 under our conflitions it does not fultil the claim that it will "hang for years 

 without deterioiation " — presuming, of course, we have the right variety. — 

 W. J. Allen. 



Squaring a Foundation. 



A FARMER, who was in difficulties about the squaring of the foundation for a 

 dairy, was advised by the Department's Overseer of Works to nail two 

 battens together in the form of a square, marking 8 feet from the angle on 

 one batten and 6 feet from the angle on the other, and then to brace the two 

 marked points with another batten 10 feet long. Peg out the site with 

 wooden stakes and strain the line on tlie pegs, testing eagh angle with the 

 batten square. The method is, of course, a simple application of the old 

 " 3—4—5 " rule. 



