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trench, dig, and hoe orchard and vineyard, ‘to pate rt harrow, and to 
give the vines their annual prunings, an them have even 
rodtiitly learnt to graft with fair success. Of ott “all this is subject to 
a vigilant supervision, and subject also to the fact that the labourer's 
wants are so very few as to make him somewhat e Md He 
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with rations for self and family. As a rule these last are rfectly 
unreliable, and are unaequainted with the use of other than the simplest 
uana tools. 
** In conclusion, y is highly advisable for any one intending to try fruit- 
culture at the Cape to bank his capital on arrival, and arrange to receive 
the colonial rate of interest, meanwhile seeking out a situation with 
some one who is already owner of the land upon which he lives This 
wo the best course, even if no salary and nothing but board were 
— in the way of remuneration for services rendered. In a short 
e experience in Cape ways and Cape seasons w would thus be gained, 
d the land. spied out. It is much. fiae this fashion that the best and 
wealthiest pom among us have worked their way in and up. The 
uropean coming from an English farm and makin i 
without e knowledge, has much to learn and unlearn, or he will 
inevitably come to grief in a few years. And what is true of the larger 
venture of quens is even more certain with the somewhat more refined 
economy of the orchard. 
“ The Ghowas details as to the export of fruit from the port of Cape 
Town during the season of 1894 is drawn from the Customs returns. It 
is impossible to say accurately what proportion this bears to the quantity 
sent up to the ever ready market of the Transvaal, but in the opinion of 
those qualified to judge it has already been tripled or quadrupled. 
RETURN OF FRUITS EXPORTED DURING THE SEASON 1893-94. 
Sorts of Fruits. December. | E-M February. | March. | April. | Total. 
Apples - - . vsum | ne 89 41 50 180 
Apricots  - a ee 12 | 12 ats is i 24 
Gooseberries ~ E — — 1 tad & 1 
Graps — - 0c — 443 3,139 1,800 | 901 6,283 
Grenadilas .. - - = 1 —. =... uml, d pile: 
Melona «nii oiii: ctc beides «| co Ep oat ty uo 
Nectarines - Pu m as 4 19 — f= 23 
Pears  - - - ger — 175 164 43 982 
Peaches . - m A a 530 46 <n TO 576 
Pineapples E E — Á— — rj — 1 
Plums - E o^ — — 1 - i L 
Quinees * be . ms me pe 30 1 si 
Tomatoes - a, — 13 43 Él a 57 
Total. packages - 12 1,007 3,626 2,043.1 995 7,083 
Declared yale 4 4 ig 7 6| 74 9 0| £6 6 3| £4 [m 2 9” 
