424, QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL gouRNAL. + [1 May, 1898. 
PREPARING CANDIED CITRON. 
Crrrons grow freely and bear heavily in Queensland, but often those who have 
a few trees do not know what to do with them unless they happen to live within 
cheap railway freight or cartage distance of a jam factory. In reply to the 
question of a correspondent on making candied peel, the Pacific Rural Press, 
quoting from a pamphlet now out of print (“ Citrus Culture in California,” b 
B. M. Lelong, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture), gives the following 
outline of the method :—The fruit, when bright-yellow, is picked and placed in 
barrels filled with brine, and left for at least a month. The brine is renewed 
several times, and the fruit allowed to remain in it until required for use— 
often for a period of four or five months. When the citrons are to be candied, 
they are taken from the barrels and boiled in fresh water to soften them. They 
are then cut into pieces, the seed is removed, and the fruit is again immersed 
in cold water, soon becoming of a greenish colour. After this, it is placed in 
large earthen jars, covered with hot syrup, and allowed to stand about three 
weeks. During this time the strength of the syrup is gradually increased. 
The fruit is then put into boilers with crystallised sugar dissolved in a little 
water and cooked ; then allowed to cool, and boiled again until it will take up 
no more sugar. It is then dried and packed in wooden boxes. 
A CURE FOR SCIATICA. 
Dr. C. Genyiras, of Montpellier, has, it is said, treated a dozen cases of 
neuralgia of the sciatic nerve with complete success by the use of hydrochloric 
acid (spirit of salt).- 
Half-an-ounce of strong hydrochloric acid is put into a small cup; a 
brush, dipped into the fluid, is applied three or four times over the painful 
part of the nerve. The limb is then enveloped in a cotton wool dressing. Of 
course the application causes a somewhat severe smarting sensation, but that 
is quite bearable. A few minutes afterwards the skin becomes reddened and 
ie Sometimes blisters are formed, but these will disappear in two or three 
ays. 
USEFUL TABLES. 
Showing the number of Plants required to plant an acre of land, from 1 foot 
to 30 feet, from plant to plant. 
Distance. Number per Acre. | Distance. | Number per Acre. 
- Feet. | Number. Feet. te Number. 
30 | 8 | 680, 
28 | 55 | 7 889 
26 64 | 63 | 1,031 
24. | 75 | 6 1,201 
22 90 i 5i 1,440 
20 100 5 1,742 
19 120 i 4% 2,151 
18 134, 4, | 2,722 
17 150 | 3h | 3,556 
16 169 | 3 | 4,840 
15 193 | Qh E 6,970 
14, 222 | 2 10,890 
13 257 1 19,360 
12 302 1 43,560 
11 | 360 
10 | 435 
9 557 
