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occur in manv parts of the State along our creeks and rivers, as well as on 

 the fertile highlands of Gippsland. It must be distinctly understood that 

 this plum does not thrive in. but, in fact, rebels against our poorer classes 

 of soils, unless plentifully supplied with stable manure or green manuring, 

 as well as the addition of artificial manures necessary to the proper develop- 

 ment of the fruit. The best guide to growers in the selection of land suit- 

 able for the Burbank is the growth and habit of the peach ; for. wherever 

 the peach flourishes, there this particular variety revels. From my ex- 

 perience, I find, as is the case with the apricot, an intimate relation to exist 

 between the soils and the stocks upon which this plum is worked. 



Not only does the Burbank render satisfactory service to extensive 

 husbandry, but no other appears to fill the bill so completely for the cot- 

 tager. The flesh of tlie fruit is of an amlier colour, juicy and somewhat 



2. SlX-VtAK-OLD GRAtX ON KARLV LKAWIOXU (^VEACH; STOCK. 

 WEIGHT OF CROP. 1 93 LBS. 



sweet with a medium sized stone, and makes jam of good quality and 

 colour. As a dessert plum also it is considerably above the average, and 

 trained on the cordon system is of excellent behaviour, occupies but little 

 space, and produces immense crops. Even the horticulturist of consider- 

 able areas could, by cultivating this plum on the cordon system along the 

 "highways " of his orchard, economize .space and add to the trimness and 

 neatness of his orchard. 



Mr. Thomas Sebire, of Wandin. has satisfactorily adopted this system 

 to a limited extent, and illustration No. i represents one of the trees four 

 years old, with its immense crop (146 lbs.) for a tree of that age. The 

 plums are planted 22 feet apart in the rows, which are 12 feet distant from 

 each other. The trees in the one row should be planted directly opposite 

 the mid-position between' the two trees in the next row, so as to afford the 



