5th.—The superiority of our fruit for canning purposes;
6th.—The low price at which it can be produced, and the heavy crops that can be grown.
These are enough reasons to show that in the pineapple we have a fruit well suited to our soil and climate, a fruit in the cultivation of which there is room for great extension, and which will provide a living for many industrious settlers.
Rough-leaved Pines, Redland Bay District.
Pineapple Plantation—On virgin soil, showing scrub land at back being cleared for fruit growing, Woombye District.