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New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 2005, 22 June 1870, Page 4

Tbanspokt of Fiiuit Tkees to --/ Colonies. - Beaders may be interested .- the following extract from the annual ri* port of the Horticultural Society ot ) :i | toria for 1S09: " The society w* from Cliiswick Garden, in April, ' *''.".' some cuttings of fruit trees, taken m 1807. There being no stocks in a dition for grafting when the cutin:.were received (April), the scions «''•■ preserved uutil the fcllowiu;: AusJ--wheu they were grafted." A period "I than nine mouths thus elapsed trv.n time they were cut from the trees ; w , '- t theless, sixty-six apples, seyenty-i g pears, twenty-four figs, live vine.-. eight plums were saved iu this l ' g meat. The experiment proves L-oni -;; 1 sively that iu tli,- form of cutting | fruit trees may be transported "". ; c , certainty of success and in a tery >I™l ami inexpensive mancrr, iuasniufli case of tour cubic feet c:ij>:li-ltv' 11 V tain some thousands ct cumins, ami a ease may be hermetically seale.i, stowed away like ordinary niercliauJ 1 - during the voyage.