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NECTARINES. 

 — Ver>- Early. — 

 Irrewarra— not lar<>^ l)ut excel- 

 lent quality. River's Canlinal— 

 medium size, distinct llavonr. Kol- 

 lowtxi bv Earlv Ri\ers — on« of the 

 best. IvCe's Scedlinj^— fruit lar<;e 

 and well coloured. Mid season - 

 Olmstead— a lar^e h.uvdsome fruit 

 said to be exceptionally "jood bear- 

 er. Balg'owan— one of the best nec- 

 tarines. Late — (roldmine — fruit 

 very lar{^, pood briijht colour. 

 Stanwick — a popular variety. 



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Some Good Oranges. 



Though the Washinn^ou Navel is 

 usnallv considered to be the best of 

 all oranges, some of thei newer 

 varieties of the navel type are be- 

 coming increasingly popular. Most 

 of these originated in California, 

 but are becoming fairly well known 

 in the Commonwealth. 



Golden Nugget Navel — the fruit 

 of this v^ariety is said to be very 

 smooth and solid. Skin thin and 

 of fine texture. Color a rich gol- 

 den yellow. The tree is of pendu- 

 lous habit of growth, and under 

 good conditions, a regiilar and even 

 cropper. 



Buckeye Navel — another Ameri- 

 can im.provemeut on Washington ; 

 ripens early in the season, is said 

 to be a good cropper. Fruit of 

 distinct and delicious flavor and 

 very juicy. 



Navelencia — as the jiame indi- 

 cates, this variety is a hybrid be- 

 tween Valencia and Washington 

 Navel, it is said to retain the 

 good qualities of Washington and 

 the hardiness and lateness of 

 Valencia. 



Thompson's Improved Navel.—! 

 This is yet another of the navel type 

 said to be an improvement on 

 Washington. The fruit is of equal 

 ■ quality, but earlier in ripening, 

 and the tree is a good, even and 

 consistant cropper. 



The Gembrook Nurseries. 



We have much pleasure in 

 acknowledging the receipt of the 

 I4T4 edition of the catalogiie of 

 fruit and other trees forwarded by 

 Mr. C. A. Nobelius, of the Gelm- 

 brook ' Nurseries, Emerald, Vic- 

 toria. This is the twenty-third 

 catalogue Mr. Nobelius has issued 

 and in e\ ery way it maintains the 

 reputation of the biggest fruit and 

 ornamental tree ' nurseryman in 

 Australia. At the present time 

 over 200 acres are planted and con- 

 tain over two and a half million 

 trees in various stages, of which 

 about half are available for dis- 

 tribution during the coming sea- 

 son. Mr. Nobelius is distinctly a 

 utility nurseryman, that is to say, 

 he almost entirelv confines his at- 

 tention to the growth of the best 

 commercial fruits and ornamental 

 trees for parks, gardens, pleasure 

 grouods. For this reason the cata- 

 logue is not a lengthy one, the fea- 

 ture of the nursery being the im- 

 mense beds of single varieties of 

 approved sorts. This is well illus- 

 trated in the photographs m the 

 boqklet before us. The soil and 

 climate of Gembrook render arti- 

 ficial irrigation unnecessary and ap-* 

 pear to be very favourable to the 

 production of a fibrous root sys- 

 tem which is probably a very ad- 

 vantageous quality in young trees 

 which have to be transplanted. A 

 copy of the catalogiie, which, in 

 addition to the fine views of vari- 

 ous, parts of the nursery, includes 

 some fine colour engra%angs of 

 specimen fruits, will be sent to 

 any reader of the " Garden and 

 Field " on request. 



We notice that a seedless 

 oransre from Japan, called " Oon- 

 shi," is recommended for cool dis- 

 tricts ; it is said to be a very 

 hardy tree, standing frosts well, 

 it is drooping in habit of growth. 



The Qesh is firjn and the skin tliin. 

 In si/.e it is midwav between an 

 orange and a mandarin. Mr. No- 

 beliu.s says that this orange has 

 fruited in the Gem1)rook Nurseries 

 and that he finds it a heavy bearer 

 and tlu! only one that is really good 

 in cool districts. Another citrus 

 variety which is of special interest 

 is the Tahitian Lime ; this is said 

 to be a strong grower and heavy 

 cropper, fruit about the size of a 

 " I/isbon " lemon, exceedingly thin 

 rind, juicy, and almost seedless. 

 Mr. Nobelius adds, it cannot be 

 too highly recommended for hot 

 distriicts where it may be consider- 

 ed superior to the lemon. 



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Pruning Early Peaches. 



Most, if not all the early ripen- 

 ing peaches, are given to dropping 

 their fruit buds in early spring. 

 This tendency cannot be wholly 

 overcome, but its unfortunate re- 

 sults in' seriously reducing the 

 crop may be lessened by cutting 

 out surplus wood in late summer 

 or autumn, as is usually done in 

 winter, but leaving the wood for 

 fruiting full length imtil the bloom 

 commences to open. It will then 

 be easy to determine what wood 

 to leave in view of the distribu. 

 tion of the buds and the strength 

 of the wood and shorten back ac- 

 cordingly. 



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" Yes," said the fancy farmer, 

 " we had to let our imported Swiss 

 milkmaid go." " What was the 

 trouble with her ? " the sympa- 

 thizing friend inquired. " Careless- 

 ness. If we didn't watch her 

 closely she'd do the milking in her 

 Second best pair of kid gloves, 

 and once we actually caught her 

 cleaning our prize Jersey's . teeth 

 with an ordinary scrubbing 

 brush ! " — Cleveland Plain Dealer. 



DEOIDUOUS FRUIT TREES. 



WieKS Bros., 



Late H. Wicks, Riverside and Balhannah, Pavneham 



We specialize* in Deciduous Fruit Trees and Vines. 45 acres of faultlessly grown Fruit Trees. 



Large Stocks of Apples, Almonds^ Apricots, Cherries, Plums and Prunes, Pears, Peaches, Quinces, etc., etc. 



ORDERS FORWARDED TO ANT PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH. 



Inspection invited. Visitors met by appointment at Balhannah Railway Station 



Catalogues Free on Application. 



