FRUITS OF QUEENSLAND. 



Spray of Orange Blossom. 



has usually the disadvantage of being very full of seeds, and having a lot of 

 rag (the indigestible fibre round the pulp) as compared with the worked 

 varieties, which have either no seeds or very few seeds and little rag. Seedlings 

 are also of many types, and they produce a lot of small fruit, thereby making 

 an uneven sample, whereas worked trees produce fruit even in size and quality. 

 Seedlings are probably the hardiest, and will stand the most neglect, but 

 experience is showing that worked trees are the most profitable to grow. The 

 growth of all kinds of citrus-trees from seed is a very simple matter, all that is 



