FRUITS OF QUEENSLAND. 



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Bunch of Valencia late Oranges, Blackall Range District. 



In Jaffa, also, where the oranges are of large size and extra quality, the 

 trees have to be carefully irrigated and -manured, as these operations are found 

 to be essential to the production of marketable fruit. 



These few instances show how favourably the conditions prevailing in 

 Queensland compare with those of the great citrus-growing districts of Europe 

 and America, especially in the matter of soil and climate, and I feel confident 



