Produced by Nick Wall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) 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 51 Custard Apples 53 Citrus Fruit 57 The Persimmon 71 The Loquat 73 The Date Palm 75 The Pecan Nut 75 Japanese Plums 77 Chickasaw Plums 77 Chinese Peaches 77 Figs 79 The Mulberry 79 The Strawberry 79 Cape Gooseberry 82 The Olive 83 The Apple 85