THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



VICTORI^^, ^<^XJSTIl^e>.I-,IA.. 



NEW ^"- 



noTA 



CONTENTS.— OCTOBER, 1916. 



I'AOR 



Apple Culture in Victoriii ... ... ... ... J. Farrell fill 



Potato Cultivation ... ... ... ... ... J. T. Ram-say 590 



Meat Preservation on the Farm ... ... ... ... J. C. Marshall 596 



Blue Mould in Tobacco Plants ... ... .. ... ... ... 601 



Insect Pests of the Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable (Jarden ... C. French, jnr. 604 



Fruit Nomenclature ... . ... ... ... E. E. PescoU 612 



Notes on Portuguese Wine Varieties ... ... F. de CaMella 622 



Nosema Apis in Victoria ... . ... ... F. R. Beuhne 629 



Farm Manufactured Butter ... .. ... E. E. Ash 633 



Sixth Victorian Eggla^ing Competition, 1916-17 .. ... ... .. 63a 



Orchard and Garden Xote.-5 ... ... ... E. E. Pe><rott 637 



Reminders ... ... ... ... ... ... 63tf 



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