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to give the most satisfactory results. There are various matters 

 deserving of the most careful consideration, in order to avoid serious 

 mistakes, and consequently unsatisfactory results. The first consideration 

 should be to plant such kinds of fruit as are best adapted for the 

 particular locality. Some kinds are more cosmopolitan in their 

 requirements than others, and will adapt themselves to a comparatively 

 wide range of climate and soil. Many of these, however, though they 

 may be cultivated under various conditions, will thrive better, and give 

 more satisfactory returns in some places than others. Cultivators will 

 do well, therefore, to give a preference to such kinds of fruit as their 

 localities are specially adapted for. This object should more particularly 

 be kept in view by cultivators for market, whose object is to get as good 

 returns as possible. In the warmer regions of Victoria, New South 

 Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, and in many parts of 

 Queensland, the fruits that should receive special attention are the 

 Grape, Peach, Apricot, Fig, Orange, and Lemon. All these fruits 

 reach the highest degree of perfection in the warmer districts, as the 

 strong heat and light at the ripening period develops their flavours to 

 the fullest perfection. Though the Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry, and 

 other fruits, that naturally belong to cooler regions, may be grown with 

 a fair amount of success in the moderately warm districts, yet better 

 results will be obtained from other localities. These fruits, when grown 

 in the cooler portions of the Australasian colonies, will generally be 

 higher in quality, and keep better than if raised in the warmer regions. 

 Then again, the trees are not likely to prove so durable in warm as in 

 cooler regions, as. their constitutions become weakened more rapidly. 

 sFor the colder parts of Australasia the Apple, Pium, Cherry, and Pear 

 I should receive special attention, as also the Currant, Gooseberry, 

 I Kaspberry, and Strawberry as the fruits that will give the best returns. 

 ' The Banana, Pine Apple, Bread Fruit, Mango, Mangosteen, and other 

 tropical fruits are only suitable for the warmer regions of Queensland, 

 Northern River districts of New South Wales, and other tropical or 

 semi-tropical localities in Australia. These fruits all require a very 

 strong heat to bring them to perfection. In some districts, however, 

 there is a sort of intermediate climate, between the warmer and cooler 

 regions, and in those localities planters may indulge in a wider range of 

 fruits with success. Special care should be taken in planting to select 

 varieties of each kind that are best adapted for the particular require- 

 ments of the grower, who should decide as to "the way in which his fruit 

 will be utilized before starting. If his object is to supply fresh fruit to 

 the market, he must, as a rule, have varieties that will yield in 

 succession, and those that will keep well, so that he can meet the 

 demand for a long period. In some localities early varieties will pay 

 well, but in the later districts they will often prove unprofitable, as they 

 will be anticipated by supplies from the warmer parts of the colony. 

 If the object is to grow for an export trade, such fruits as Apples and 

 Pears only late and long keeping varieties should be planted. It is also 

 advisable in the case of all dessert fruits that they should be 

 good-looking varieties, as well as possessing other desirable qualities. 



