124, QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Fep., 1898. 
Or, to take another example, we have a fruit that possesses every good 
quality except that it is a bad keeper and shipper, and we cross it with a fruit 
that is an exceptionally good keeper and shipper, and the resulting hybrid 
possesses the good qualities of both parents. Thus we have again produced 
a fruit that is a decided gain and of commercial value to the country 
producing it. 
The development of new varieties specially adapted to Australian conditions 
can only be achieved by systematic hybridisation, but the existing varieties of 
fruits may be improved by careful selection. 
In conclusion, I may state that I have written these few notes on the 
Propagation of Fruit Trees in the hope of drawing attention to what I have 
felt for some time—viz., the necessity for our producing nothing but the best 
and for stopping the propagation of the large number of worthless varieties 
of fruits of all kinds that are always more or less of a drag on our markets 
and an injury to the fruit-growing industry of Australasia. 
