6. 
The Raspberry. 
In many parts of the Colony this can be grown to perfection. In and 
around Lillydale, a and the Western District, very large 
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plantations have been made. e fruit is in great demand in the 
s o ivate persons, who buy largely of this delicacy to 
manufacture their ow reference to adulterated 
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article, which is placed upon the market under the name of “ raspberry 
jam 
The Strawberry. 
Although one of the finest early dessert fruits, Ni large eem of 
labour expended on strawberry culture renders i 2x many places unpro- 
fitable, especially as of late years the Tylo der à Pipa ic (gt brown 
borer) has cae het great ravages, entirely desteó rd whole planta- 
tions ; andas a se ra remedy der this eee there appears nothing but 
radication and burning. There is always a great demand for the fruit 
in in populous districts, pe = asc tons Índsi its way into jam factories 
s are consumed in desser 
The Gooseberry and Currant. 
These can almost be classed together, as far as cultivation and demand 
for the fruit is concerned, pep adapted for preserves, dessert, or wine- 
making. They will always. be extensively grown and used, both for 
home “consumption and export. They are both very valuable fr uits, 
and deserve a large amount of cultivation. 
are many minor fruits which in time will, no doubt, be intro- 
Tosd into these Colonies, but the foregoing are at present the ones 
ted can be profitably increased. 
ruit growers S no doubt, be greatly benefitted, and their 
um welfare ensured to a very great extent, by the various Govern 
England, India, at reasonabie rates, and also the granting of 
bonuse co i private individuals for the production of a 
apples, pears, quinces, apricots, rel E &c., also potatoes, 
onions, carrots, parsnips, sweet herbs, &c., 
e total value of dried, stones and fresh fruit imported into the 
Colony of Victoria during the year 1886 was 217,589/. The total value 
of dried, preserved, an fresh luit exported düring the same period was 
75,162/. The value of fruit imported was he Cajon lar € by 142,4271. 
than the value of the fruit exported from the Colon 
SourTR AUSTRALIA, 
The following Report on the fruits of P ONE Dmm: has been 
prepared for the Government by Mr. John F. Pas 
I. The order of importance is, to a certain extent, a matter of opinion, 
.. and varies slightly in periods of years. Until within i last four or 
— five years, I considered the apple our most important fruit, but since 
that terrible pest Fusicladium, commonly called * Black Spot," appeared — 
