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Soil : The best soil for the quince is a rich, damp, 

 peaty soil, which will not contain water. Contrary to 

 the generally received opinion, the quince requires 

 manure and cultivation. It will grow and produce 

 fruit without either but it will do better with them. 

 Large quantities of barn-yard manure should be mixed 

 with the soil, and abundance of salt. Liquid manure 

 should be given freely in dry weather. Plant the trees 

 ten feet apart. 



Pruning : Train to a single stem for three feet ; de- 

 stroy all suckers, and thin out crowded branches. 



THE RASPBERRY. 



The raspberry is a delicious berry fruit, which is best 

 adapted for growing in the colder parts of Queensland. 

 It will, however, grow to tolerable perfection around 

 Brisbane with ordinary attention. 



It is said to possess valuable medicinal properties, 

 as, like the strawberry, it does not undergo the acetous 

 fermentation in the stomach. It is recommended in 

 scorbutic cases, and in gouty and rheumatic disorders. 

 The wine made from it is highly spoken of, and rasp- 

 berry jelly is in general repute. 



The raspberry is propagated by suckers planted in 

 autumn or spring. 



Soil : A deep, rich, humid soil, slightly shaded, is the 

 most suitable for this fruit : damp, but no water stand- 

 ing in it. 



Planting, &c. : The suckers are planted in stools, 

 three or four in a stool, at six inches apart, and the 

 stools to be four feet apart each way. 



Pruning, &c. : In the winter pruning cut out the 

 old stems which have produced fruit • preserve three or 

 four of the strongest of the new shoots to each stool 

 to stand for fruit, cutting off about a foot of the top, 



