Journal of Agriculture. [lo Aug., 1909. 



only so inwardly ; though the skin was discoloured it was intact, decom- 

 position not having spread to adjacent berries of the bunch. The absence 

 of moulds was remarkable. The number of faulty bunches would not 

 amount to 10 per cent of the whole. If the damaged bunches were gone 

 over and faulty berries removed the proportion of fruit unfit for use would 

 be under 5 per cent. In only a couple of bunches in each barrel had 

 decomposition affected many berries and even these still strongly adhered 

 to the stalks — they had not fallen off or Ix^come juicy. The sound berries 

 were as plump and fresh looking as though only just gathered. The 

 stalks were dry and wiry, but the general appearance was excellent. 



A striking feature was the very slight difference between the condition 

 of those barrels shipped as ordinary cargo and those which were carried 

 in the ship's cool chamber. The proportion of damaged fruit was the same 

 in each and it was scarcely possible to discriminate between them. Cool 

 storage was thus not necessary for the carriage of these grapes. 



The Mooltan shipment was received in almost equally good order to 

 the previous lots, though in this case there was a slight difference between 

 the "cool chamber" barrel and the "ordinary cargo" one. This was 

 naturally in favour of the former ; being gathered late in the season these 

 grapes had benefited more from cool storage than the former lots but the 

 difference was only slight. The grapes were packed in thin oak barrels 

 in coarse granulated cork free from dust. The following particulars con- 

 cerning these barrels may prove of interest : — 



Length of stave... ... 16^ in. 



Greatest diameter ... 15 ,, 



Gross weight full of grapes 60 lbs. 



^^'eiJ^ht of barrel ... 12 lbs 



Weight of cork ... ... S| ,, 



Nett weight of grapes ... 40 ,, 



In South Australia recently I saw grcnving, under the name of Daira, 

 a grape introduced from Almeria some years ago by Mr. T. Hardy, 

 which, if not identical with the Ohanez, is very similar to it. A .small 

 box of grapes of this variety, packed in cork, was kindly sent to me by 

 Mr. Quinn of the South Australian D'^partment of Agriculture on the 

 26th April. These have remained in almost perfect order until now (5th 

 July) though kept in this office at the ordinarv temperature. Those in- 

 terested in shipping grapes are refeired lo Bulletin Xo. 11, "A Valua'^le 

 Grape for Export," bv Mr. George Quinn, issued bv the South Australian 

 Department of Agriculture in 1906. 



Successful shipments of this gtajje have been made from South Aus- 

 tralia and also from Western Australia. 



DESCllIinMOX OF .VPPLE. 



Dunielov/'s Seedling. 



(S\n. Wellington Pippin.) 

 ]. Crouiu, Principal, Sc/iool of Horticulture, Burnlev. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish and flattened ; eye large and open,, 

 set in a corrugated basin ; stalk short, inserted in a narrow russet cavity ; 

 skin pale yellow, with a reddish, often bright red tint on exposed side : 

 flesh yellowish white, firm, crisp, juicy ; flavour tart, sub-acid, slightlv 

 aromatic. Quality, first class for culinary purposes, unsurpassed as a- 

 jelly apple. The tree is a fairly vigorous robust grower of moderately 



