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crowded or cross branches removed, and the tree kept 

 open in the form of a cup. Plant twenty feet apart. 



The fruit should be allowed to remain on the tree 

 until the rind becomes quite brown and the kernel 

 firm and solid, when it may be gathered, divested of 

 its outer coat, and then gradually dried until the shell 

 becomes sufficiently hard. 



THE ANCHOVY PEAR— (Grias Cauliflora). 



The anchovy pear is a native of Jamaica, grow- 

 ing in swampy places or shallow water, and attains the 

 height of fifty feet. The leaves are oblong, and of two 

 to three feet in length. The fruit is pickled and eaten 

 like the mango, which it is said to resemble in flavor. 

 It is propagated freely from the stones, and also from 

 ripe cuttings. 



THE APPLE. 



The Apple is unquestionably the most valuable of 

 European fruits, and may be cultivated with perfect 

 success in the colder and more elevated parts of Queens- 

 land. It has been found that many sorts well repay 

 cultivation in the Brisbane district ; and others have 

 been introduced which thrive in the Southern States 

 of America and the south of Italy, and are now under 

 experiment, with every prospect of success. Few 

 fruits are easier of cultivation, and there are hundreds 

 of acres in the positions indicated which might be 

 planted with advantage, and from which the fruit 

 might be forwarded by railway to supply the enormous 

 demands of Ipswich and Brisbane, and thence by sea 

 to the more tropical parts of Queensland. 



The cultivation of the apple is as yet so limited 

 that there scarcely exists sufficient data upon which to 

 base any selection of sorts to be recommended for 



