Pruning op Deciduous Fruit Trees. 371 



main arms. Th<^ foliage of tlie domestic plum is never as abundant 

 as on the Japanese plum, con-sequeiitly a greater number of leaders 

 may be retained for furnishing shade, still they should not be allowed 

 to crowd. The same may be said of the laterals — thin out rather 

 than cut back ; only when the fruit is produced too far out from the 

 main branches should cutting be done, and then with the object of 

 producing new wood to develop spurs closer in to the tree. 



{To be concluded in next month's issue.) 



World Crops. 



It is regretted that the expected cabled information from the 

 International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, regarding the latest 

 information on the world position of certain crops, has not yet been 

 received, and publication is consequently delayed. 



Private Training of Prospective Farmers. 



The Department frequently receives applications, both from men 

 in this country and overseas, who are prospective settlers and are 

 anxious to gain a practical training on a private farm in the Union 

 before taking up land. A limited number of the applicants are 

 prepared to pay a premium to the owner of the farm, but the majority 

 are willing to give their best services and in return expect to receive 

 board and lodging. 



In order to assist applicants as far as possible, the Department 

 desires to compile a list of all farmers who are prepared to take pupils, 

 and invites such farmers, tlierefore, to write to the Secretary for 

 Agriculture, Pretoria, advising the nnunber of pupils each is prepared 

 to take and the terms and conditions under whicji they would be 

 taken. 



Citrus Canke:!:: A Warning. 



The embargo against the importation of citius fruits into 

 Australia has been lifted, though the usual quarantine regulations 

 forbidding the entry of citrus fruit from any country where citrus 

 canker is known to exist still remain in force. — Australia Fruit 

 Wodd. 



Fruit-tree Nurseries. 



Referring to the nursery inspection work of his Division during 

 1919-1920, Mr. Lounsbury, Chief, Division of Entomology, states 

 that the total number of plant nurseries registered that year was 358, 

 the same as for the previous year, and that, wliile the largest fruit- 

 tree nurseries remain in the Cape Province, there are now several 

 important and relatively high-class citrus nurseries in the Transvaal. 

 The Cape for the year reviewed is credited with about three-fourths 

 of the deciduous fruit trees and two-thirds of the citrus trees produced 

 in the Union. The total acreage reported under nursery stock was 

 548. 



