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AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE . 



A Handy Fruit Gatherer. This is a useful 

 contrivance for bringing down oranges and other 

 fruits from trees where they are difficult 

 to reach by means of a ladder. It is 

 made of iron wire bent as shown, and 

 fastened to a bent piece, which in turn 

 is fastened to a pole of any desired 

 length. A clip piece of wire or wood 

 projects from the top, and with it the 

 fruit is disengaged from its stem, and 

 drops into the gatherer. 



Cutting v. Pulling Fruit. Where 

 possible, fruit should be cut from the 

 tree. It keeps better. Very handy 

 cutters for the purpose are being 

 introduced, and do excellent work. 

 Neatness in Marketing. It pays to size or grade 

 fruits, to wrap lemons, apples, &c., paper, and to use the 



Put up Fiuit Nicely. 



neatest cases and packages available. A half-case of 

 strawberries, cherries or other fruits, put up in packets,, 

 made of thin wood chip is very attractive to buyers of these 

 fine fruits. The illustrations show cases arranged for 

 carrying plums, apricots, peaches, &c., neatly edged in 

 with blue or other colored paper, or for apples, pears, or 

 other marketable commodity. 



GRAPES AND WINE. This is a special branch of 

 Australian agriculture. The grape in some of its varieties 



