284. QUEENSEAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Sepr., 1899. 
4, The same tree, pruned. It will be noted that no fruit spurs have been 
removed, but that the tree has been thinned out by the entire removal of 
superfluous branches, and has been cut back to outside buds, so as to spread 
the head of the tree during the coming season. ‘The tree as pruned is well 
protected from sunburn, and will come into fruit early. 
The illustrations on Plate IT. are descriptive of— 
5, A “ Bartlett’ pear-tree, ‘“ William’s Bon Chrétion,” planted in 1897. 
This tree was treated in a similar manner to No. 2 in 1898, the extent to which 
it was then cut back being clearly shown in the illustration. It was summer, 
pruned last December, this latter pruning developing the fruit spurs on the 
older wood, and forming the tertiary branches. Jt will be noted that the tree 
is well balanced, and that the formation of narrow forks has been prevented, 
each branch haying a firm hold of the main or primary branches. 
6, The same tree, pruned. Being an upright grower, it is cut back to 
outside buds. No fruit spurs are removed, but superfluous branches haye been 
cut right away. 
7. A “Uady Palmerston” peach-tree, planted in 1897. This tree was cut 
hard back last winter, and the only treatment it received last summer was w 
little disbudding early in spring, and the shortening-in of straggling growths 
about Christmas time. : 
8. The same tree, pruned. It will be noted that a large quantity of wood 
has ‘been cut away, and that the laterals have been carefully thinned and 
shortened in. ‘This severe pruning is necessary in the case of the peach in order 
to produce large fruit, for if the trees are insufficiently thinned out they will 
produce a large number of small-sized fruits which are valueless for canning or. 
drying. The tree, as pruned, will only carry a few fruit this coming season, 
but will produce strong fruiting wood for next year’s crop. The pruning of the 
Persian yaricties of peaches requires considerable’ judgment in this colony, 
owing to the fact that many varieties only produce their fruit buds on the 
extremities of the branches. Hence, if all laterals were cut back hard you 
would have no fruit at all. With such varieties, a systematic thinning out of 
superfluous branches without cutting back gives the best results. Chinese 
varieties of peaches, however, require to be both thinned out and cut back, as 
they are prone to overbear and produce small, unsaleable fruit. 
Viticulture. 
A DESCRIPTION OF SOME VINES GROWN AT THE 
STATH FARMS. 
By E. H. RAINFORD, Viticultural Expert. 
; No, 4.—THE MOURISCO PRETO, 
Vigorous grower. 
Leaf-—Large, almost round, five-lobed, not deeply indented; petiolar sinus 
open; colour bright-green, slight down below; teeth broad, shallow, and blunt. 
Bunch.—Large, pyramidal, branched, and rather loose ; stalk long, not very 
thick. 
- Berry.— Large, round, and somewhat flattened at the end; reddish black in 
colour on Jong stalklets ; juice sweet and agreeable. 
