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original plants into a number of sections, 
and so prevent the loss of a season. 
— Planting. — 
Setting out the young plants needs to 
be done carefully and expeditiously, if 
rapid progress is to be assured, The 
operation is a simple one, yet unless 
proper care is exercised, it is likely to 
result unsatisfactorily. In the effort to 
facilitate matters the young plants 
should not be distributed along the rows 
to await the planter placing them in the 
earth, or the tender roots may be 
damaged from exposure. About one 
third of the roots should be trimmed off, 
and the plants placed in moist bagging to 
keep them fresh, while the planter is 
conducting his business. A small hole 
should be opened with the hand, or 
trowel, and the plants quickly placed in 
position, care being taken to spread the 
roots out evenly, and to firmly press the 
earth back again, without covering the 
crowns. 
— Artificial Manure. — 
In the poorer soils it is advisable to 
lightly sprinkle a very small quantity of 
some artificial manure in and around the 
hole when planting. However light this 
- may be, the manure should be well mixed 
with the soil, to prevent the roots from 
coming in immediate contact with the 
dressing. Almost any kind of fertilizer | 
may be used forthe purpose. Frequently 
this first manuring is sufficient, but 
should it be found desirable a 2 cwit. 
dressing of superphosphates to the acre 
will considerably aid in forcing the plants 
the following spring. Rank growth is to 
be avoided, for over-strong plents seldom 
bear prolifically, and dense foliage retards 
ripening. ; 
— In Conclusion, — 
It is advisable that every precaution 
be taken to guard against procuring 
plants which do not possess the power of 
self-pollination or are not easily fertilized 
from. other plants. In this connection 
where any doubt oxists it is better to 
plant several kinds, within close distance 
of one another, so that.a sufficient number 
of siaminate or male flowers. may be 
produced to furnish pollen sufficient to 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
satisfactorily the remaining 
plants. Strawberry culture has much to 
recommend it as a special industry and 
as an aid to the orchardist just com- 
mencing. In the latter case the term of 
the strawberry’s fruitfulness is just 
sufficiently long to provide remuneration 
while waiting for the trees to become 
productive. 
fertilise 
The constant cultivation 
necessary to keep the weeds down will 
also be of great assistance in bringing the 
soil to a fine tilth, and the plants may be 
dispensed with before they have had 
time to hinder the trees’ development, 
Interesting Orchard Notes. 
A freak lemon has been culled from a 
tree in the garden of Mrs. W. E. Jury, of 
Hectorville, The growth is shaped 
strikingly similar to a lady’s hand, long 
and delicately shaped, with the thumb 
and four fingers distinct. This particular 
tree has borne a heavy crop of fruit this 
year, and several other freaks, of a less 
startling character, have been noted 
among the lemons. 
Tevertoos 
A new method of packing grapes is 
described in a recent number of the 
‘Revue Horticole.’ A portion of the 
stem is left attached to the bunch, and 
the two cut ends of the stem are covered 
with wads of cotton wool, well soaked in 
water. Pieces of water-proof paper are 
wrapped over the wool, and kept in place 
by elastic rings. The grapes are then 
put up in boxes, with the usual packing 
between the bunches. Bunches packed 
by this.method and others packed in the 
usual manner, were dispatched from one 
part of France to another, and after 
having travelled over a thousand miles, 
were inspected by competent judges. 
Those specially packed were found to be 
as fresh as when cut; the others, packed 
in the ordinary way, were ia a lamentable 
state. The extra cost of the special 
packing comes to 2/ or 3/ per 1001b. 
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