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Title: Fruits of Queensland

Author: Albert Benson

Release Date: September 7, 2008 [EBook #26552]

Language: English

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FRUITS OF QUEENSLAND
BY
ALBERT H. BENSON, M.R.A.C.,

Late Instructor in Fruit Culture, Queensland Government;
now Director of Agriculture, Hobart, Tasmania.

BRISBANE:
BY AUTHORITY: ANTHONY J. CUMMING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER.
1914.

[Illustration: Fruit of Mangosteen.]

CONTENTS.

PAGE.
Preface 5
Introduction 7
Queensland Fruit-growing 17
Climate 18

1st.--Soils of Eastern Seaboard, and land adjacent to it,
suitable to the growth of Tropical and Semi-tropical Fruit 21

2nd.--Soils of the Coastal Tablelands, suitable for the
growth of Deciduous Fruit 23

3rd.--Soils of the Central Tablelands, suitable for the
growth of Grapes, Dates, Citrus Fruits, &c. 24

The Banana 24
The Pineapple 31
The Mango 41
Mangosteen 45
The Papaw 47
The Cocoa-nut 49
The Granadilla 51
The Passion Fruit