1 May, 1902.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 365 
In spite of the details which accompany the work, a force of five or six men 
only is required to remove and set the largest trees, andthe work can be 
accomplished in a comparatively short space of time. Consequently the owner 
of a plot of ground entirely destitute of trees can surround his residence with a 
grove of 100 or more hardy specimens of the forest, arranged in artistic groups 
to suit his fancy, the operation representing but afew months from beginning to 
end. 
FRUIT-GROWING AT OUR STATE FARMS. 
By S. C. VOLLER. 
This month I want to show our readers who are unable to visit the State 
farms what the full rows of some of our trees look like. 
I consider that, for the time they have been in, these trees have made 
excellent growth, and give sure evidence that they are adapted to the soil and 
climate. 
Illustration No. 1 gives a good view of a full row of the apricots at West-. 
brook, while on the angle we have a cross view through other varieties. J think 
wwe may safely claim that good cultivation and careful pruning have accom- 
plished their object in producing the result seen in this picture; and not 
the least gratifying feature about these trees is that they are bearing highly 
remunerative crops of very fine quality fruit. 
It would amply repay settlers who intend to grow such fruits to either 
come and see for themselves what we have at the farms or, if they cannot do 
that, write for names of varieties which combine size and high quality with 
early ripening and have proved successful with us. 
Sufficient attention is not yet paid to these points, and it is certainly a 
great pity to see a man put in a few years’ hard work and trouble, and going to 
a certain amount of expense, and then find that he has grown something that 
won’t pay because of its inferior quality. 
We have a good many apricots which are well worth growing, and I would 
mention the following particularly, viz.:—Oullin’s Early Peach, Moorpark, 
Blenheim, Alsace, Hemskerke, Royal George, Campbellsfield Seedling, Kaisha, 
Mansfield’s Seedling. 
fees Illustration No, 2 represents a row of French prunes on one side and a 
row of plums (Reine Claude de Bayay) on the other, growing in the orchard at 
the Hermitage State Farm. 
Here again growth, shape, and general development are quite satisfactory, 
and, although only a light sprinkling of fruit has as yet been obtained from 
them, they are safe for full crops before long. We have a few other good 
prunes besides these, but, as they are pretty much of a class, one illustration is 
‘sufficient. 
It. is our purpose, later on, when full crops are obtained, to carry out 
careful experiments in drying this fruit, and we hope in due course to give 
satisfactory reports of the work. 
The plum referred to above is evidently at home on our soil, as it is a strong 
grower and promises to fruit allright. It is of the gage type, of very nice quality, 
almost too sweet when ripe, and sells well. I consider it well worth the 
attention of growers. 
No. 3 shows a good sample of the Hermitage peach-trees, one row being 
Lady Palmerstons and the other Globes. They speak for themselves as regards 
growth and general condition. 
They certainly have done wonderfully well, and so far have given fruit 
of the very highest quality. 
‘These varieties, and also some others that we have, come out surprisingly 
in contrast with a great deal of the ordinary fruit put on the market, and I am 
