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apples, bananas, and De ion fruit are — in a quantities from 
=. and Gabadi, but the quantities are v 
o not know that I can say much on 1h S dd nt, South Australia 
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globe that can produce i in such abundance all those popular fruits needed 
by civilised eommunities. & € of & E we have been 
exporting large quantities, but = present o ards are under pie 
they are terribly infested with pests, inet nd fungoid, I believ 
DR but eres they exist, a large portion of our population pi 
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great pecuniary lo 1 inds most ieted are apples, pears, 
apricots, peaches, almonds, cherries, and orange ro have 
all the remedies suggested with little or no god effect, what is wanted 
is a thorough scientific examination of our soils, &c. for the purpose of 
putting us on the right truck for com sie and annihilating our fruit- 
growing enemies; private snare can only do this on a e; to 
be effectual it must be done by the Government or societi 
The following supplementary Report has been prepared by - 
Mr. a roe Hardy :— 
Grapes, apples, apr T oranges, pic and citrons, ce of all 
kinds, pe: rs, peaches, ries, qui gooseberries, raspberries, 
nectarines, almonds, walnuts, PAPEN Alberts and hazelnuts, ‘equi 
P E guavas, 
: s from December to May. Apples from November to May. 
dicem. Pon ecember to January. Oranges from May to December. 
Lemons all the. vti ums from November to March. Cherries, 
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arch. Loquats from October to November. Nuts from January to 
March. (The Lbs aie export, and prices could be given 
better FS Mr. ascoe, who is both a grower and dealer in fruits.) — — 
rapes are e sported in large quantities to Melbourne; no other — 
fruit is exported in any quantity 
1V. There is scarcely any limit to the capable production of fr uits 
in the neighbourhood of Adelaide. 'The orange and lemon, the here 
and almond, flourish in the warm plains, the apple, plum, and berr 
flourish in the hills as well as in any country in the world 
markets, and the best time of the year to send away from here. 
- Considerable quantities of oranges are still imported from Sydney; - s 
also from Europe, large quantities of dried fruits, principally oo 
and oe which could all be produced here. j 
rapes grown near Adelaide are the finest produced in 
Koriin, and for the-last 35 years have taken- first place in the - 
Melbourne Market. A large quantity of grapes were formerly exported - 
to Sydney and New Ze aland; but for the last three or four years have — 
been prohibited, owing to the Phylloxera scare and the desire to shut 
out the competition of this Colony's produce among the growers in these - 
Colonies. Fhe Phylloxera never having appeared in this Colony, 
there i = o valid reason for our grapes tes prohibited in any of the 
There are no ) native fruits of any commercial value i in this eu 
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