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FertiLis.—Dwarf; prolific. Bears well; has quite a small bush 
at the Blackwood Nurseries; not such a large tree as the English 
Walnut. 
PROEPARTURIANS (Fig. 1)—As its name implies, an early 
bearer; of dwarf habit and good quality. 
FRraNQueTIA (Fig. 2)—A large elongate nut of  exeellent 
quality. Buds out late. 
Mayerre (Fig. 3).--Round nut, large, full-fleshed; late in bud- 
ding out in the spring, and for that reason suitable for frosty places. 
PanisI—ENNE (Fig. +).—Nuts large, a little elongate, even out- 
line: excellent quality. Tree blooms late. 
SMALL FRUITS. 
The cultivation of small fruits as a distinctive feature of horti- 
cultural enterprise becomes more prominent every day. As large 
holdings are cut up into smaller ones, and as settlement becomes 
denser in close proximity to larger centres of population, a desire 
is shown by many to utilise to its full capacity small patches of 
moist and fertile land. For this purpose, small fruit and berry 
culture should command the attention it deserves. A great choice 
offers to the grower, as there is hardly a locality where, provided 
care and attention be bestowed upon it, some kind of small fruit 
bush cannot be grown. 
BuacKBERRY (Rubus, Bramble). 
Belongs to the same family as the raspberry, it in- 
cludes the dewberry, which, however, is not superior to the black- 
berry, and also the wineberry, and the Loganberry. The fruit is 
a collective mass of drupes attached to a receptacle, which falls off 
whole and does not separate as in the raspberry. The berries are 
small, ovate, brown or black; some are yellowish white. 
LoGANBERRY.—A vigorous grower, handsome foliage; large red 
berries, resembling raspberries before they are ripe. An American 
hybrid between black and raspberry. Flavour is rich when cooked. 
When used for dessert. fruit needs to be fully ripe. 
All species of the Bramble family adapt themselves to a great 
variety of soils and climate; some, if overlooked, spread over the 
land and become a pest; cuttings strike root readily. The trailing 
kinds require the support of a fence to keep them up, and have been 
ground round orchards and paddocks; they, however, harbour vermin 
and birds. These berries are more suited to the cooler and moister 
S.W. districts than to the drier inland ones. Among the sorts which 
have done well in Australia are: Himalayas, Wilson’s Early, and 
Lawton’s (New Rochelle). 
