416 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. {1 May, 1899. 
Gather and destroy all infested guavas, oranges, custard apple, &c., so as 
to destroy the larve of any fruit flies or moths that may be in them, as if these 
insects are well killed. down now there will be many less to deal with next 
spring, and there is a chance of the earlier fruits being harvested without much 
loss. 
Inspect all citrus and other fruit trees carefully, especially those in new 
districts ; and where scale insects or other diseases are found, stamp them out 
before they get a complete hold of the orchard, as trees can be easily and 
cheaply cleaned if taken in time, that will be both difficult and expensive to 
clean if neglected. 
Farm and Garden Notes for May. 
Farm.—Ploughing and making ready for sowing cereals should be pro- 
ceeded with at once, and if sowings have not yet been made, no time should be 
lost in getting in all kinds of pasture grasses, wheat, barley, oats, rye, vetches, 
aud lucerne. The potatoes should now all be hilled up. Where cotton js 
grown, the pods will now be bursting freely, and the bushes should be stripped 
daily after the dew has evaporated. Cotton should never be picked in a wet 
condition. After picking spread it out on tables to dry before housing, 
Tobacco cutting may be continued, beginning with the lower leaves and takin 
off the upper ones as they ripen. Prepare for winter feeding of stock by 
chaffing all kinds of greenstuff into the silo, Where no silo building exists 
stacks may be made. 
Coffee gathering must be prosecuted with vigour. Attend to bananas, and 
cut the bunches as they mature. Strawberries may now be transplanted, 
Trollope’s Victoria, Marguerite, and Haatbois are good varieties. The 
Marguerites are early and good bearers. Six thousand plants are required to 
plant an acre. In some localities strawberry planting is concluded in March, 
when the plants begin to bear in the first week in August. 
Kitchen Garden.—Onions which have been grown in seedbeds may now 
be planted, care being taken to have the ground thoroughly cleaned and 
pulverised beforehand. Onions may also still be sown in the open ground, but 
the ground must be clean to ensure any measure of success. Take advantage 
of favourable weather to plant out cabbage, lettuce, leeks, &c., and, in fact, 
anything which requires planting. The following seeds may be sown—yiz, : 
Peas, broad beans, cabbage, kohl rabi, lettuce, leeks, radishes, spinach, turnips, 
beet, parsnips and carrots. If any asparagus or rhubarb is to be planted the 
ground for them should now be prepared by trenching or subsoiling, and well 
manuring. [Full instructions for asparagus growing are given in the Journal 
(vol. ii. page 322) and in the number for March, 1899, p. 159.] 
Flower Garden—Should the present showery weather continue, both 
planting and transplanting may be done at once, as the plants will be 
established before the frosts setin. Camellias, gardenias, &c., may be safely 
transplanted, and such soft-wooded plants as verbenas, petunias, penstemons, 
&e. Cut back and prune all trees and shrubs ready for digging. Take up 
dahlia roots, and plant bulbs such as hyacinth, tulips, anemones, ranunculus, 
snowflakes, freesias, ixias, iris, narcissus, &c. As the weather is now sensibly 
cooler, all shades and screens may be removed to enable the plants to get the 
full benefit of the air. Fork in the mulching and keep the hoe going in the 
walks. Clip edgings and hedges. 
