1 Joye, 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 53d 
Where the ground is ready plant deciduous trees this month; do not plant 
too deep, and cut back hard at planting. Clean up the orchard thoroughly, 
and plough and leave the ground rough as soon as pruned and the prunings 
are burnt. Gather up ard destroy all fly-infested fruit of all kinds, as the 
more thoroughly the fly is kept down during the winter on the coast the fewer 
flies there will be to deal with in spring. Where not already done, see that 
pineapples are protected from frost, and keep the ground between the 
plants well worked in order to retain moisture, as the winter months are 
usually dry and the plants are liable to injury through drought. The same 
remarks apply to bananas, and the unripe bunches of fruit should be protected 
from slight frosts or cold spells by any suitable available material. 
As these monthly notes have now been written for one complete year, I think 
I cannot do better than conclude my remarks by saying that I trust that they 
have been of some slight value to the fruitgrowers of Queensland, and that I 
will be only too glad to receive suggestions from fruitgrowers that will tend to 
make these notes more generally useful to them. 
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