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is nearly 6 feet from the ground. In the Homeland, generally speaking, 

 apple growing is carried on mostly as an adjunct to mixed farming. 

 The trees, as a rule, are planted in grazing paddocks, and protected 

 until their branches have grown out of the reach of stock. They are 

 rarely pruned, but, owing to suitable soil and favorable climatic con- 

 ditions, heavy crops of good fruit are frequently harvested. 



Plate 33.— An Unnamed Seedling of Ancient Type. 



Failure, however, has invariably attended any attempts which were 

 made in Victoria to emulate the Old Country methods of apple culture. 



Our &oils, particularly those in the northern and warmer districts, 

 part too freely with their moisture during dry weather, thus rendering 

 cultivation essential to the growth and maintenance of healthy, vigorous 

 trees, and from those only can we obtain remunerative crops of fruit. 



