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Melons. 
Are produced in lar ge quantities. They are in season from January 
to April. The local prices are 2d. to each in Stellenbosch, and as 
high as 4d. to a 6d. each in Cape Tow 
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Are not so plentiful as some of the other fruits, and the local prices 
vary from 2s. per 100 to 75. per 100. 
Peaches 
Are in season from January to Mare They are sold locally x 
Robertson at 3d. to 9d. per 100; at Dotan: at 6d. per 100; 
Worcester at 2s. per bushel. 
Pears 
Of excellent Crue. are grown in the Albert, bees — the 
Oudtshoorn divisi They are in season from Jan uary arch. 
The local prices are 3. per bushel in the George Division, Is. 6a. to 6s. 
per 100 in Cape Town, and 1s. per 100 in the Belen Division. 
megranates 
Are only sparingly cultivated. The local prices are ls. 6d. to 2s. per 
100. 
Plums 
e in season from December to February. At Worcester they are 
sold at the rate of 3s. per bushel. In the George Division at 4s. 6d. 
10s. per bushel. In other divisions ihe prices range from 9d. to 
3s. 6d. per 100, according to quality. 
Quinces 
Are in season from December to March. They are said to grow wild 
at Riversdale. In most divisions they are abundant and obtainable at 
prices ranging from Id. to 3s. per 100 
Almonds and Walnuts 
Are in season from January to March. The local prices vary from 
3d. to 9d. per pound, 
The information supplied as regarde. the quantity of fruit produced in 
each division and available for export is of a very useful character. 
The following particulars relate to the cireumstances of each division or 
distriet, as supplied by the Civil Commissioners, assisted by reports 
from fruit cultivators. 
Albert Division. 
he climate and soil are quee y adapted to the extended growth 
of the fruits specified above, except plums, oranges, and lemons. The - 
quantity of fruit annually available for export purposes is, —apples, 5,000 
bushels ; apricots, 3, e figs, 10,000 ; Cape gooseberries, 100 ; lemons, ge 
1,000 ; nectarines, 1,000 ; oranges, 1,000; peaches, 10 ,000 ; 
5, 000; plums, 500 ; quinces, 20,000. 
eee Division. p 
- Apples, apricots, grapes, arines, peaches, pears, p , quinces. -. 
are obtainable at ls. 6d. per 1007. on eic average, "from sonar to. vend 
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