ion, pruning, manuring,
and general management of the orchard as well as in the disposal or
utilisation of the fruit when grown; in short, to help the beginner to
start on the right lines, so that he will be successful.

[Illustration: Tamarind Fruits--Kamerunga State Nursery, Cairns.]

There is also little if any fear of over-extending the fruit-growing
industry, as, if it is conducted on the right lines and on sound
business principles, we can raise fruit of the highest quality at a
price that will enable us to compete in the markets of the world
especially now that we have direct and rapid communication at frequent
intervals with Canada, the United States of America, the East (Japan,
Manilla, &c.), Europe, and the United Kingdom.

QUEENSLAND FRUIT GROWING.

Very few persons have any idea of the magnitude or the resources of this
State of Queensland, and in no branch of agricultural industry are they
more clearly shown than in that of fruit-growing. Here, unlike the
colder parts of the world or the extreme tropics, we are not confined to
the growing of particular varieties of fruits, but, owing to our great
extent of country, and its geographical distribution, we are able to
produce practically all the cultivated fruits of the world, many of them
to great perfection. There are, however, one or two tropical fruits that
are exceptions, such as the durien and mangosteen, whose range is
extremely small, and one or two of the berry fruits of cold countries,
which require a colder winter than that experienced in any part of this
State. It will, however, be seen at once that a country that can produce
such fruits as the mango, pineapple, banana, papaw, granadilla, guava,
custard apple, litchi, sour sop, cocoa nut, bread fruit, jack fruit,
monstera, alligator pear, and others of a purely tropical character; the
date, citrus fruits of all kinds, passion fruit, persimmon, olive, pecan
nut, cape gooseberry, loquat, and other fruits of a semi-tropical
character, as well as the fruits of the more temperate regions, such as
the apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot, quince, almond, cherry, fig,
walnut, strawberry, mulberry, and others of minor importance, in
addition to grapes of all kinds, both for wine and table, and of both
European and American origin, offers a very wide choice of fruits indeed
to the prospective grower. Of course, it must not be thought for a
moment that all the fruits mentioned can be grown to perfecti