36. 
‘So far as the grapevines are concerned 
the most dangerous period of the year is 
in April, when the young shoots are 
showing some vigour and juices running 
freely. Then a slight frost may mean 
disaster unless the plants are protected in 
some way. There is but little danger 
when a dark or cloudy morning follows a 
cold night. 
first rays of the morning sun strike the 
The trouble comes when the 
almost frozen and unprotected plant. By 
the Lestout process a dense cloud of smoke 
is produced, hanging over the vineyard 
long enough to protect the plants from 
the sun’s rays and give them a chance to 
recuperate from the dangerous, effects of 
the frost. 
‘The composition in the boxes to 
windward only is ignited, the thick, black 
heavy smoke hanging over the field form- 
ing a shield against the sun’s rays. ‘The 
inventor declares ‘also that his process 
may be used for masking the movements 
of an army, hiding the erection of field 
works; also as a rain producer, and even 
for driving of grasshoppers and locusts.’ 
Cape of Good Hope Agricultural Journal. 
Export of Fruit. 
‘The Federal Commerce Act has now 
been in operation for two exporting 
seasons, and, although it has been blamed 
for many faults, its provisions make for 
honesty,’ writes the Chief Inspector of 
Fruit in his annual report. *It cannot 
however, be claimed that its operations 
have improved the quality or standard of 
our exports in fresh fruits, inasmuch a, 
it has not prevented the exportation o¢ 
Itis obvious that in 
the run of years the branding of the cases 
with a true description of their contents 
the 
packers of inferior goods; but in the 
meantime, owing to trade practices which 
prevailin the disposal of this ‘produce, 
the whole market for Australian  frui, 
must be depreciated. by the presence of 
_even a limited proportion of the inferiot 
article... There is a danger, also, in thes° 
days of widespread knowledge, that. other 
‘alert competitors from similiar climati, 
zones to that which we occupy may, owing 
to our defects, obtain such a secure footing 
inferior. produce. 
must. eliminate from this trade 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
in markets we have made that dislodgment 
may mean a long and c stly process, even 
if it be at all possible to recover ground 
lost through “our own supine actions. 
However much ‘such -restrictions may 
appear to trench upon the liberty of the 
individual trader, the writer has personally 
arrived at the opinion that no remedy is 
practicable short of legislation which 
shall prevent that ever-recurring minority 
of foolish or. careless exporters from 
sending away goods which, whilst injuring 
themselves directly and that severely, must 
also act prejudicially towards 
country’s commercial welfare.’ 
—NS.A, ‘Journal of Ariculture,’ 
their 
Interesting Notes. 
Pears are of Egyptian origin. 
The citron came from Greece. 
‘The chestnut hailed from Italy. 
Tobbacco is a native of Virginia, 
The mulberry tree originated in Porsia. 
The horse-chestnut is a native of Tibet. 
Walnuts and peaches 
Persia. 
came from 
Do not omit to thin out your fruit 
where the clusters are too abundant. 
The largest orchards in the world ar® | 
at Werden, near Berlin. They extend 
without a break for about 13,000 acres. 
They yield 48,000,000 lb. of apples and 
pears every year. 
How old can and apple tree grow? A 
few of the trees planted by Sconondoah, 
the Oncida chief, in 1791, and now con- 
siderably more than 100 years old, still 
‘bear an abundance of fruit. The wood 
is in good condition, notwithstanding 
many years of neglect. 
_ M. Sanzean de Puybernean, a |! rench 
physician, has made the discovery that 
the leaves of the common prickly pear, if 
chopped up and thrown into water, will 
prevent mosquitoes breeding in the water 
fr weeks, or months, The resinous 
mulcilage .of the leaves floats on the 
; water surface, and chokes the breathing 
‘tubes>" of .the mosquito. Further, in 
_atagnant, fostid - water the prickly pea, 
juice{has the property of absorbing the 
gases of decomposition, 
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