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rainfall for deciduous fruit in the south-western districts of the Cape. 

 We produce the finest pears in the world. We have an expanding 

 oversea market. There is a splendid field for dried fruit, an industry 

 we have only begun to develop. We have in many parts of the 

 Union large areas most suitable for citrus fruit and pineapples, in 

 which two classes our export trade will chiefly develop. 

 " Our exports since Union were : — 



1910 1911 1912 



Packages 200,000 (approx.) 234,208 296,963 



" Concurrently with the development of the export trade, great 

 progress has been made in the last few years in the planting of the 

 best varieties, and in grading and packing for the home market and 

 for export." — A. A. K. 



Fruit Trees, Insect Pests which Attack. By A. E. de 



Mazieres (Rev. Hort. de I'Alg. Aug. 1913, p. 286 ; and Sept., p. 317 ; 

 figs.). — ^Two articles on the various insect pests which attack fruit 

 trees, giving an illustrated description of each and the best method 

 of destroying it. — M. L. H. 



Fruit Trees, Wound Fungi in. By F. W. Hammond (Garden, 

 April 19, 1914, p. 196). — ^The possibility of feeding the trees so as 

 to render the sap in leaf and wood toxic to the fungi is suggested. 

 Experiments with superphosphate sown in late summer or autumn 

 at 5 cwt. to the acre are stated to have been successful, and sulphate 

 of iron to have given varying results, sometimes scant success, some- 

 times it seems to have accomplished great improvement in the trees 

 affected.— fZ". R. D. 



Fungi, Edible. By A. G. (Rev. de VHort. Belg. Jan. 31, 1913, 

 p. 25; plates). — An illustrated and descriptive list of all the edible 

 fungi. Not all the species described are recommended, and fatal 

 mistakes may so easily be made with some that the amateur had best 

 leave them alone altogether. — M. L. H. 



Garlic Culture in Southern France. By Guillaume Clement (Rev. 

 Hort. de VAlg. Sept. 1913, p. 342). — ^The results are here given 

 by a practical cultivator of his experiences in garlic-growing in the 

 Canton of Gardanne. This vegetable is in great demand in Southern 

 Europe, and the crop, for the management of which hints are given, 

 is said to be a profitable one, and to have the advantage of not 

 exhausting the soil. — M. L. H. 



Gasoline Torch Treatment of Date Palm Scales. By R. H. 



Forbes (Jour. Econ. Entom. vi. p. 415 ; Oct. 1913). — ^The use of the 

 gasoline blast-lamp for destroying the scale insects Parlatoria Blan- 

 chardi and Phoenicococms Marlatti (the latter feeding hidden under the 

 overlapping bases of the leaf-stalks) is recommended for the older 

 plants. Young plants will not withstand the treatment. — F. J. C. 



