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periodically made known, and very few of these reports come under the eye 

 of the general public. Excellent fruit is grown in many private gardens in 

 British Garhwai and Kumaon. There are Government nurseries near Rani- 

 khet, and the fruit gardens at Julna near Almora, have long been famous for 

 the excellent quality of the fruit produced there by Messrs. "Wheeler 

 Brothers, We have not mentioned Kashmir, which country alone might in 

 time be made capable of supplying the whole of India with fruit. But in 

 order to render fruit culture on the hills more attractive as an industry for 

 private enterprise, co-operation is required, and this would undoubtedly be 

 brought about by the existence of a journal which might be started so as to 

 include the whole subject of fruit culture and fruit preserving, in the plains 

 as well as on the hills. Such a periodical would serve as a continuous record 

 of results, as well as a medium for profitable discussion. By way of summary 

 it may be stated, firstly, that the present condition of fruit culture on the 

 Himalaya gives promise of great future development. Secondly, that persons, 

 either individually or as a company, desiring to take it up as an industry 

 would not fail to find it a profitable undertaking by combining with that 

 business the manufacture of jams and other preparations of preserved fruit. 

 Thirdly, that in order to excite interest in the subject, and to induce compe- 

 tent persons to take up the industry as a means of livelihood, the starting of 

 a periodical journal is a desideratum. — {Pioneer.) 



