CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introductory 



West Australia as a Fruit Land 5 



Our Soils 15 



Bingbar king and Clearing Land 22 



Preparing Land for Planting 35 



Drainage ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 



Shelter 45 



Fencing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 



Laying out the Ground ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 



Planting 63 



Grafting .' ... 86 



Budding "... 106 



Pruning ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 114 



Vine Pruning 119 



Summer Pruning ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 169 



Irrigation and Eoot Management ... ... ... ... ... 193 



What Fruit to Grow 204 



Small Fruits 285 



Tropical Fruits 303 



Fruit Drying 316 



Drying Vegetables ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 326 



Fruit Candying 327 



Canning and Fruit Pulp 331 



Pulping Fruit 335 



Gathering and Marketing Fruit ... ... ... ... ... 337 



Rules for Exhibitions and Judging 358 



The Oversea Fruit Trade ... 365 



Wine Making ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 374 



Unfermented Grape Juice 470 



Infertile Grape Vines 475 



Insect and Fungoid Pests... ... ... ... ... ... ... 480 



Garden and Orchard Crops, their pests and remedies 485 



Plant Fumigation ... ... ... ... ... ... 501 



Fungus Diseases ... ... ... ... ... 506 



Description of Insects, injurious and beneficial ... 532 



