Contents. 



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Iwtroduction 5 



Our Horticultural Past 7 



Revival of Interest in Horticulture 11 



Botanic Gardens 14 



Prospects of Building up an Afri- 

 can export in Fruit 15 



Dried Fruit 17 



Simple Instructions for I> 



Fruit 10 



Canning 21 



ks 23 



Remedy after getting wrong sorts 

 planted, or varieties planted on 



wrong roots 26 



Orchard Irrigation 



Manuring Orchards 



Manures and Manuring 33 



Lime for the Land 39 



Orchard Cultivation 41 



Orchard Improvement 42 



What to do with your Old 



Orchards 44 



A Basis on which Farmers can de- 

 cide whether to add Fruit 

 Growing to their other sources 



of Income 46 



The Initial Difficulties of Estab- 

 lishing Orchards in S.A. ... 46 

 .The General Treatment at Plant- 

 ing and during I >n's 

 Growth of a Young Orchard. . 48 

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General Remarks - - . 5- 



Tendency to Neglect Pruning 54 

 Young Deciduous Trees the 



Year .after Planting 56 



The Apple 57 



The Pear 



The Peach 



The Apricot 



The Plum (including all 

 Prunes) ... .61 



Dynamite in the Orchard 62 



Inject Pests and Insecticide? ... 65 

 Schedule of Pests and Recom- 

 mendations . 



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Insecticides and Special Recom- 

 mendations 77 



Hints on Spraying 84 



Is Codlin Moth a Danger, or is it 



not 85 



Plant Diseases and Fungicides ... 88 



Late and Early Bloomers 94 



Improper Starting into Spring 

 Growth of Domestic Plums and 



other Fruit Trees <H 



Why Fruit does not Set 96 



Die Back caused by Sour Sap . . . 97 

 Importance of Planting Trees and 



not Waiting for Rain 98 



The California Prune (Petit 



D'Agen) 99 



Japanese Plums 101 



Sunburning of Trees 102 



White Ants 103 



Dangers Ahead, for Fruit Grow- 

 ers, and How to Avoid Them 104 



Export Trade 106 



Government Regulations covering 



the Export of Fruit 106 



Hints for Handling Fruit for 



Export 113 



Our Fruit Export Trade as it 



Stands in 1915 115 



THE CITRUS INDUSTRY 



Its Infancy 117 



Old Orchards 118 



Export as it Stood in 1909 ... 118 

 Export as it Stands To-day .. 120 

 Instructions for Handling 



Oranges for Export ... 121 

 Important Notes to Exporters 122 



Site for Citrus Orchard 123 



Setting out an Orange Grove. . F2; 



Stocks 126 



Improvement in Varieties ... 127 

 Important Point in Planting a 

 Gr .'avel Oranges . 129 



Pruning 120 



Fumigation 130 



Mai di Goma (Root Rot) ... 130 



