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build them up to the same size as those 
adjoining. Like many other good things - 
there is not enough to go all round of 
stable manure, Therefore we will have 
to choose the next best. 
in the 
soils, &c., so try for yourself.” Good bone 
and phosphate, no doubt, are suitable to 
most soils where there is a good rainfall 
and, in my opinion, the best way is either 
to drill it on the top of the ground before 
the plough, or plough the land fairly deep 
and drill it in before the land sets. This 
should be done in the late autumn or 
Climatic conditions, variations 
early winter, so that the heavy winter 
rains will dissolve and convey it in a 
liquid state down to the roots. In most 
gardens or vineyards of any size there are 
to be found poor patches, and those are 
the parts I would recommend growers to 
first try to bring to the same standard as 
the more favored places. Itis the good 
average crop of anything that always pays 
best. We hear and read a lot about green 
manure, and no doubt it looks alright on 
paper ; but I doubt very much if it will 
ever take the place of the dry article. If 
gardening is going to be a profitable 
business we will soon see the drill in as 
general use among the trees and vines as 
a fertiliser as it is on the farm at the 
present time. I may state that we 
manured the greater part of the orchard 
and vineyard last season with artificial 
manure, mixing equal parts of bone and 
blood, adding one-fourth potash, and 
and drilled in about 3cwts. to the 
acre. Although we had record crops of 
pears and grapes, and both trees and vines 
made good growth, I am not prepared to 
say definitely how far they benefited, as 
it takes more than one season to derive 
the full strength from those manures, but 
we anticipate good results for the coming 
season. 
length. Bonedust was favored for orchards 
and vineyard, to be drilled in instead of 
being put more thickly in the furrows in 
the middle of the rows. About 3cwts. per ' 
acre was recommended ; too much manure 
will cause rank growth. August was 
considered the best time to apply man- 
ure. 
To find that out ~ 
it will require some practical experience. ~ 
If we ask our experts they say, ‘Oh! ~ 
The paper was discussed at some - 
- THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
-Prevention, of Foliage Injury 
in Spraying. 
Fora number of years it has-been a 
‘problem with pathologists to find some 
successful way of treating the peach with 
fungicides in order not to injure the 
foliage. 
often cause complete defoliation, For 
this reason it has been fcund difficult to 
control a number of serious diseases — 
affecting the peach by any of the ordinary 
treatments. ‘This year it was discovered 
that a sulphur wash made by combining 
lime and sulphur, with uo other heat than 
that produced by the slacking of the 
lime, gave a preparation which was not 
injurious to peach foliage, and which 
preveated the scab, and reduced peach- 
rot to 10 per cent. on the sprayed — 
trees, whereas unsprayed trees had 75 per | 
cent. of the disease. This fungicide, fur- 
ther, completely prevented leaf spot fungi 
and produced no injury whatever, either 
to foliage or fruit. While this preparation 
has been previously used in winter, when 
the trees were dormant, this is the first 
time it has been tried on trees in active 
growth, with the success as indicated. 
—Year Book of the U.S. Dept. of Agri- 
culture. 
G. A. PREVOST & CO,, 
Currie Street, 
ADELAIDE. 
FRUIT EXPORTERS 
ON GROWERS’ ACCOUNT. 
EVERY FACILITY GIVEN. 
Sole Agents in S.A. for— 
Nicholls’ Arsenate of Lead 
ss Bordeaux Paste 
vi Fungicide 
tt Insecticide 
‘Bave-w’ Power Sprayers 
Jones’ Lancaster Hand 
Sprayers. 
Barger’s Disc Cultivators 
Write for Illustrated Pamphlet. 
Suppliers of— 
FRUIT EXPORT CASES, WOOD 
WOOL, WRAPPING PAPER, 
CORK DUST. 
Some of the standard fungicides ° 
September 1, 1909 
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Interesting Orchard Notes. 
Persimmons have been added to the 
increasing’ list of fruits that may be 
successfully exported beyond Australian 
ports. 
* * * * * * 
Packed in wood-wool, a Rutherglen 
vigneron has this year been successful in 
keeping grapes in cold. storage over a 
period of 13 weeks. 
* * * * * * 
The proper way and proper time to 
drink wine is at meals. When taken 
with food the fruit acids in wines aid 
and promote digestion. 
+e kK * ke eek * 
Wine plays an important part as a 
temperance agent. The wine-drinking 
peeple of Europe are the most sober and 
temperate people in the world. 
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A New South Wales grower was 
recently successful in landing Persim- 
mons in excellent condition at Colombo. 
The fruit was sent as ordinary cargo. 
* * * * * * 
The New South Wales Department of 
Agriculture purchased an old 
orchard property in the Dural district, at 
a cost of £800. for experimental purposes. 
* * * * * * 
have 
All over France and Italy, where 
practically every man, woman, and child 
drink more or less wine every day, the 
use of strong liquors, which are respon- 
sible for drunkenness, is very small. 
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No weeds must be allowed in the 
garden at this time of the year, as they 
are robbing the trees and plants of both 
the water and plant food that are s0 
essential to them at this period of their 
growth. 
* * * * * * 
The continued wet weather experienced 
has its advantages as well as its draw- 
backs, for while being annoying and 
expensive to the orchardist who has 
several men idle it gives tle subsoil 4 
thorough soaking, so in a general sense it 
may be said that the orchardist who 
cultivates his sil well will have all the 
necessary moisture stored in the soil to 
carry his trees through the summer in 
good condition. 
