. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . s raised from a cross between FrogmoreLate Pine and Veitchs Perfection, and was an Award of Merit by the Fruit andVegetable Committee. The fruits are of verylarge size, and, as will be seen from the?illustration, are frequently very irregular inoutline. They possess rich colour and goodflavour, and the variety is apparently a pro-?digious <?ropper. dissolve tough meat. The emanations from thistree will dissolve and digest albumen, and it isthe custom of the natives to hang meat andc
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . s raised from a cross between FrogmoreLate Pine and Veitchs Perfection, and was an Award of Merit by the Fruit andVegetable Committee. The fruits are of verylarge size, and, as will be seen from the?illustration, are frequently very irregular inoutline. They possess rich colour and goodflavour, and the variety is apparently a pro-?digious <?ropper. dissolve tough meat. The emanations from thistree will dissolve and digest albumen, and it isthe custom of the natives to hang meat andchickens in the branches of a tree to renderthem tender and edible. The uses of the Papaw are numerous andvaried. The bark is used in the manufacture ofropes ; the fruit is edible, and is sweet, refreshingand agreeable. The ripe fruit is eaten as we eat Melons. Saltenhances the riavour, and some users add fruits must be perfectly ripe when eatenraw, as when green they contain a strongly-marked acrid principle. The colour of the ripefruit is more or less that of the yellow Musk-. C/»,Rp<;HK^fa — Fig. 20.—xew -the .\ COLONIAL CORRESPONDENCE. AUSTRALIA. Journal of the Department of Agriculture ofWestern Australia, February, 1901. — Contains•various notes; a report on the Conservation ofWater, by A. B. Fry: a paper on By-products of?the G rape, and Gardening Instructions for March. The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales,Tebruary.—Contains useful information on theUsual subjects. We note that a coating of boiledlinseed-oil and Stockholm-tar (used in equalparts) painted over Apple-trees for 3 feet fromthe ground effectually protected the trees from?damage by hares, .and did no harm to the would probably prove equally efficacioussagainst other pests. The Papaw in Papaw is widely distributed over tropical•Queensland, and is most agreeable and universal is the knowledge of the propertytthat has
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