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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
instances scarcely paid the freight and 
marketing. In a State like this, with 
every advantage of climate, there is no 
necessity for the grower to plod along in 
the old lines laid down by his father and 
grandfather before him, content with 
whatever he can get for his fruit, and 
satisfied that so long as it is a peach, or a 
pear, or an apple, or an apricot, as the 
case may be, that one variety is as good 
as another. Let him ascertain v hich are 
the best varieties for their respective pur- 
poses. These are good for dessert: well, 
plant as many as he thinks he can dispose 
of in that way ; those are good for export: 
well, plant a certain number for that pur- 
pose. and for the rest of his trees plant 
such fruits as can be dried. 
It is significant of the little attention 
which the subject of fruit-drying has 
received that we are dependent on other 
countries to a great extent for our dried 
fruits, This onght not to be where there 
are so many thousands of acres admirably 
adapted for raising fruits suitable for 
drying, as well as the climate necessary 
for producing the best dried fruits; in 
fact, in many of the interior districts the 
climate is so well adapted for fruit-drying, 
owing to the absence of fogs and moisture 
in the air, that the drying process could 
go on day and night. This lessens the 
chance of the moths depositing their eggs 
in the fruit, as it is not exposed for so 
long a time, and has also this advantage : 
that the fruit drying quickly, the trays 
can be emptied sooner than they could 
be in moister or cooler climates, and this 
enables the grower to handle a large crop 
with fewer trays—a great consideration 
to all orchardists. 
The New York 
Tailoring Co., 
67 HINDLEY STREET 
We have a large 
stock of Woollens 
to choose from. 
Suits and Extra 
Trousers, 37/6. 
Ladies’ Costumes 
and Riding Habits 
from 57/6, 
Fit and workman- 
ship guvranteed. 
Also a Jarge stock 
of Gents’ Mercery, 
Boots, and Travel- 
ling Goods to 
choose from, that 
can be purchased 
less than else- 
where. 
Self-measurement 
_ forms on applica. 
tion. 
at 20 per cent. 
April 1, 1908 
Great care must be taken in the selec- 
tion of trees, keeping in view the neces- 
sity for choosing sich as produce the best 
drying fruits—that is, for color and size, 
and such as will lose the least weight in 
drying ; one of the objects—in fact. the 
main object—being to produce a dried 
fruit of good size, avd bright, clear color, 
which, when graded and properly packed, 
will present the most attractive appear- 
ance. 
The previous remarks apply mostly to 
sun-drying ; but, in districts where this 
is not practicable, good results may be 
obtained by drying in the evaporator, 
and where this process is used it has the 
advantage that, with careful handling 
after the fruit is dried, there is very 
_ little risk of the fruit becoming infested 
with moths. 
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Pickling Citrus Fruit. 
The pickling of citrus fruit peels, or of 
the citrus fruit themselves, to be after- 
wards used to prepare candies, is carried 
out as follows :— 
The pickle used is salt and water, viz., 
a solution of 122 Ib. of salt in 10 gallons 
of water. One of the heads of a cask of 
100 gallons is removed and the vessel is 
filled with peels, or with the citrus fruits 
split in halves. The pickle is poured on 
them until the vessel is full to the brim, 
then the head that was removed is put 
back. The cask will gradually get in 
ullage, through evaporation, therefora 
more brine is added through the bung, 
so as to keep the cask always quite full. 
In this condition they will keep for a 
long time, and can even be shipped to 
distant countries. 
Tue Prosperity or South AUSTRALIA 
AssuRED.—Important to those interested 
in land properties.—- Messrs. Saunders and 
Ashby, land agents, Royal Exchange, King 
William street, Adelaide, according to list, 
have seme splendid cheap land properties 
in every suburb. We would advise those 
who are on the look out for real bargains 
in land under fruit or otherwise to call 
at once on Messrs. Saunders & Ashby, 
who have allotments in every district at 
very cheap prices and on favorable condi- 
tions. Messrs. Saunders & Ashby, who 
are licensed land brokers, etc., «re well. 
and favorably known to buyers and sellers 
of land allotments throughout this State 
and elsewhere. 
COMMERCIAL AND ORNWAMEN- 
TAL PRINTING of every descrip- 
tion in first-class style, on the shortest 
notice, and at cheapest rates, at the 
“Australian Garderer’’ Office, corner of 
Pirie and Wyatt streets. 
The Rose. 
Would Love appoint some flower to reign » 
In matchless beauty on the plain, 
The rose (mankind will all agree), 
The rose the queen of flowers should be, 
The pride of plants, the grace of bowers,. 
The blush of meads, the eye of flowers ; 
Its beauties charm the gods above ; 
Its fragrance is the breath of love; 
Its foliage wantons in the air 
Luxuriant, like the flowing hair ; 
Th shines in blooming splendour gay, 
While zephyrs on its bosom play. 
—Sappno, azour 600 3.c. (Fawke’s - 
Translation), from * One and All 
Gardening.’ 
Protection From THE Favir Fry.— 
The ‘ Producer’s Review’ says that a 
bed of parsley planted in the neighbour- 
hood of fruit trees will attract thousands . 
of fruit flies, So great is the attraction 
said to be to the flies that they will not 
go near the fruit, but lay their eggs 
among the parsley. This is worthy of a 
trial, We know that if cattle infested 
with ticks are allowed to run in a lucerne 
field, the ticks abandon the cattle. Why 
they do so does not appear. Can it be 
possible that for some occult reason the 
fruit fiy will in like manner abandon the - 
practice of laying eggs in fruit when 
parsley beds can be found for them ? 
F. W. PREECE, 
For 20 years with Messrs. E. 8. Wigg & Son, 
Bookseller and Stationer. 
BOOKS for FARMERS & GARDENERS. 
Tue Ferrrmiry cr 1HE Lanp, dth ed, 
1906, by J. P. oberts. 6s.; posted, 
6s. Td. 
Mitk anv Irs Propucts, 9th ed., 1905, 
by H. H. Wing. 5s.; posted, 5s. 5d. 
Tue I'neprna oF ANIMALS, 3r1 ed., 1905, . 
by W. H. Jordan. 68.; posted. 6s. dd 
Practica GARDEN Book, 4th ed , 1904, 
by C. HE. Hunn and L. H. Bailey. 4s. ; 
posted, 4s. 4d. 
WORKS BY L. H. BAILEY. 
Principles of Vegeteble Gardening, 5th 
ed., 1906. 6s.; posted, 6s. 8d. 
Principles of Fruit Growing, 9th ed, 1906. 
6s.; posted, 6s. 7d. 
Principles of Agriculture. 10th ed., 1905. 
5s. bd.; posted, 5s. 11d. 
Garden Making, llth ed., 1907. 5s ; 
posted, 5s. 5d. 
Horticulturists’ Rule Book, new and re- 
vised ed., 1907, 3s 6d: ; posted, 3s. 10d. 
_The Forcing Book, 6th ed., 1906. 5s. ; 
posted, 5s, 4d. 
The Pruning Book, 7th ed, 1906. 6s. 5. 
posted, 6s. 6d. 
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