1May, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 875 
WINE-MAKING. 
‘This is a further use for rosellas. Although I have no personal experience 
Nthis method of dealing with the fruit, L know that a good palatable beverage 
| Smade from rosellas. To those who care to try to utilise this fruit in this 
| Manner, I give here a recipe sent me by a friend who has a wide reputation 
| Samaker of rosella wine :— 
ay ; ROSELLA WINE. ; 
|, Put your fruit into a cask that has one head out. Pour boiling water over 
i | the fruit, rather more than enough to cover it. Let this stand for about three 
_ | “Y8—stir now and again. 
|, At the end of three days, strain the liquor into another cask—this cask to 
| Mave both heads in. Then for every gallon of liquor take 3 Ib. of sugar, and 
| Make a good thick syrup of same. 
7 Pour this syrup chile hot into the liquor, and stir well. 
| Leave the cask with the bung out until fermentation starts. Should this 
| Mt occur, say, in twenty-four hours, add a bottle of yeast. Keep the cask in as 
| ‘en a temperature as possible, as this will help the fermentation. 
_In the process of fermentation, you will Jose some of your liquor. Should 
| ferment thoroughly, save the liquor that overflows from the bung-hole, and 
} btéit back into the cask; but should you find this not enough to keep your 
| “sk full, add a little warm water. 
q When the liquor ,has almost finished fermenting—say when it stands at 
J catees density by the saccharometer (Beaumé)—bung up the cask and leave 
| three months. “Then bottle. 
| From Hibiseus Sabdariffa, fibre has been repeatedly made, specimens of 
Ich and of cloth manufactured from it are to be seen in the museum of the 
| “8cultural Department, William street. Some few years ago, a local grower 
| 38Ve the matter of the production of this plant considerable attention, specially 
| 2 Yiew of the utilisation of his crop for fibre purposes. I am of opinion that 
} “failure to go on with the matter was consequent on want of machinery to 
| Mepare the fibre, which is a drawback only too patent with regard to the 
| “velopment of many industries of this character in Queensland. 
4 DISEASES. 
q The diseases affecting this plant are not usually very formidable, although 
| ™ certain seasons a grub attacks the roots of the bushes, and a disease, 
fuparently fungoid in character, sometimes affects the shrub. The common 
i ie is is usually present in quantity on matured fruit; but, on the whole, while 
this crop is, in common with others, susceptible to occasional serious injury 
0m pests, it is hardy, useful for many purposes, and profitable to grow. 
a FRUIT CULTURE IN QUEENSLAND. 
By ALBERT H. BENSON, 
CITRUS CULTURE.—Parr I. 
Z| ly the various articles on Fruit Culture that have already appeared from time 
| time in this Journal I have directed my writing to what may be termed the 
} “tural or primary branches of the industry, as, with the exception of a short 
- Paper on the Chickasaw Plum, Ihave dealt with the industry as a whole, and 
| ‘ave not particularised the culture of individual fruits. I have endeavoured to 
| ‘ow what land is suitable for fruit culture, and how it should be prepared, and 
| have also given information respecting the various methods of propagating fruit 
| "ees; the laying out, planting, pruning, cultivation, and manuring of the 
chard, as well as the best methods of keeping fruit pests in check. 
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