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Peaches. — Medium crop. 

 Plums. — Medium to iieavy crop. 

 Quinces. — Heavy crop. 



Tomatoes. — Medium crop. Floods and heavy rain have proved disastrous to 

 earlv crop. 



Prospects of fruit crop for season 191fi-17 in the Portland district. 

 T. J. Smith. — 



Apricots. — Medium ; not many grown. 



Pears. — Principal varieties — Vicar, Williams' Bon Chretien, Black Achan, 

 Josephine, Buerre Bosc, Capiaumont, Clairgeau, Broom Park — immensely heavy 

 croD. 



Apples.- — Jonathan, Gravenstein, Munro's, Rome Beauty, Rokevpood, Sturmer, 

 Cleopatra, Stewart's, Stone Pip, Spy, .lEsopus, Ben Davis, Five C, Alexander— 

 in all cases these are very light to medium. 



Prospects for fruit crop for season 1916-17, South-Eastern district. 

 E. Meeking, Orchard Supervisor — 



Apples. — .Jonathan, the principal variety grown on the Mornington Peninsula 

 and South-Eastern Gippsland, is, on the whole, from light to medium; in no one 

 centre is there a lieavy crop. Heavy rain at a critical time interfered, with the 

 setting, and it was also the off year for many trees. Reinette, very light ; in 

 some districts practically nil. Sturmer, medium to heavy. Pomme de Neige, 

 very light. Statesman, light. London, light. Rome Beauty, light. Yates, 

 light. Munro, medium. Alfriston, very light. Gravenstein, light. Stone 

 Pippin, medium. Rokewood, light. Williams' Favourite, medium to heavy. 

 ^sopus, medium to heavy. 



Pears. — Williams' Bon Chretien, heavy. Kieffer's Hybrid, light to medium. 

 Beurre de Capiaumont, light to medium. Broom Park, heavy. Beurre d'Anjou, 

 light to medium. Beurre Clairgeau, light to medium. All other varieties, 

 light to medium. 



Apricots. — Moor Park, light to medium. All other' varieties, light. 



Plums. — AH ordinary varieties, light to medium. All Japanese varieties, 

 medium to heavi'. 



Cherries. — Light varieties, medium. Dark varieties, medium. 



Strawberries. — All varieties, a full average crop. 



Quinces. — All varieties, heavy. 



Peaches. — All varieties, light. 



"THE WORLD'S AMMONIA." 



The world's annual production of sulphate of ammonia from ordinary 

 sourcesi before the war was approximately 1,200,000 tons. In the 

 United Kingdom the consumption has increased from 50,000 tons in 

 1897 to 130,000 tons in 1915, an increase which is very largely attribut- 

 able to the efforts of the Sulphate of Ammonia Association, and which is 

 certainly reflected in the remarkably remunerative prices obtained. The 

 exports in the same period increased from 153,000 tons to 205,000. 

 Thes3 figures are taken from an article in the " Iron and Coal Trades' 

 Review " by Mr. Bayley, who adds that these totals may appear some- 

 what insignificant in comparison with whaf is done in Germany. Be- 

 fore the war the consumption in Germany approached 500,000 tons. 

 The future position of sulphate of ammonia seems to be more doubtful 

 than hitherto, and Mr. Bayley suggests that renewed and novel effor*; 

 should be made to stimulate consumption in the United Kingdom. 



