Oct. 2, 1920.] 



Agricultural Gazette of N .S.W 



745 



that reason it inay prove a useful variety on the coast. It showed signs of 

 scald last season. This plum is decidedly of the Japanese type and of better 

 quality than Wilson's or Higgins' Seedling, but it nnist be remembered that 

 it is later than those varieties. Folio vv^ing is its description : — Habit of 

 growth of tree : very similar to Shiro ; spreading, vigorous. Fruit : dis- 

 tinctly conic. Suture : not prominent, but discernible half way. Size : 

 above uiedium. Cavity : medium as to depth and width. Stalk : short, 

 medium thickness. Colour : a lively and attractive red when ripe. Flesh : 

 juicy and from pink to red when ripe. Stotie : roundish in ou'line, not large, 

 not flat ; adheres to flesh. Flavour : not .so pronounced as many others of the 

 later Japanese. Cropping habit : not proved yet. Picking dates for market: 

 In 1919, from 6th l>ecember, 1919, which is about a week later than usual. 



Pure-seed Growers Recommended by the Department. 



The following list of growers of pure seed of difi'erent varieties of farm 

 crops is compUed to indicate where pure seed is at present available. The 

 list is compiled on recommendations made after an in.spection by a field 

 oflicer of the Department. 



Maize : — 



Silver King (ungraded) ... .. \. Sommerlad, Hillcrest, Tenterfield. 



Brewer's Yellow Dent ... ... H. Manser, Sunnyside, ct« Tenterfield. 



Early Yellow Dent (second grade) Manager, Experiment Farm, (ilen Innes. 



Silvermine 



Funk's Yellow Dent 



Small Red Hogan... 



Craig Mitchell (ungraded) 



Goldmine .. 



Boone County White 



( 7 olden Beauty 



Learning 



(iolden Nugget 



Early Clarence 



Giant White 



Improved Yellow Dent ... 

 Red Hogan... 



Sweet Corn : — 



Papago 

 Elephant Grass {roots) 



Sudan Grass 

 Kikuyu Grass (roots) 



Grain Sorghumx : — 

 Feterita 



Manager, Experiment Faim, Yanco. 



A. E.^R. Titfen, FUrm .319, Leeton. 



H. Short, Dorrign. 



W. D. K. H-uniphries, Muswellbrook. 



A. Louttit, Moruya. 



J. Chittick, Kangaroo Valley. 



R. Richardson, .Mondrook, Tinonee. 



Manager, Experiment Farm, Grafton. 



J. W. Smith, Wanchope. 



F. Dowling, Tnmut. 



A. McM. Singleton, Henley. Sydney. 



Manager, Exjjeriment Farm, Grafton. 



Principal, HawkesburyA.College, Richmond. 



R. Y'^ates, Ourimbah. 



Principal, HawkesburyA.College, Richmond. 

 Manager, Experiment Farm, Grafton. 

 Manager, Experiment Farm, Lismore. 

 Manager, Experiment Farm, Yanco. 



^V. Hosking, Farm 778, Leeton. 



Principal, Hawkesbury A. College, Richmond. 



W. Hosking, Farm 77S, Leeton. 



Sioeet or Saccharine Sorghums : — 

 Saccaline ... 



Clover li : — 



Shearman's Clover (roots) 



Bokhara or Sweet Clover 



( Manager, Experiment Farm, Lismore. 

 - Principal, Hawkesbury Agricultural College, 

 1^ Richmond. 



J. H. Shearman, Fullerton Cove, Stockton, 



via Newcastle. 

 A. Sommerlad, Hillcrest, Tenterfield. 



