South African Horticulture. 



341 



Except for citrus and sub-tropical fruits which belong to the 

 North-Eastern portions of Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal and 

 Rhodesia, the fruit districts are located in the South-Western part 

 of Cape Colony, where the wet winters, dry summers and rich, suit- 

 able soils, give conditions probably unequalled elsewhere, though 

 deciduous fruits do well throughout colder South Africa. Among the 

 districts of Cape Colony, the following is the order in which they are 

 placed by area under fruit trees, vines and vegetables, respectively, 

 expressed in morgen, as shown in 1904 census, viz. : — 



FRUIT ORCHARDS. 



A very considerable proportion of the fruit trees have been 

 planted within the last few years, and are not yet in bearing, the 

 proportion in the largest fruit districts — Stellenbosch, Paarl, and 

 Wellington — being about half. The comparative production of 



