TASMANIA
Accounts which come to us of the possibilities of the successful cultivation of fruits, trees and plants are all favourable. The mildness of the winter and the great amount of sunshine cause very rapid growth and production of fruit. Plants that will not survive an English winter need no protection here. We learn, too, that the acreage of gardens and orchards is steadily on the increase.
There are so far no training schools for lady gardeners, and no posts are held by them either in private gardens or market gardens. The jam factories employ women, but these belong to the working classes. Nothing definite can therefore be held out as to the future for lady gardeners, beyond the certainty that the more directing heads we have, superintending the development of these orchards and gardens, the more successful they will be.
THE MARCHIONESS OF SLIGO’S GARDEN, MOUNT BROWNE, NEAR GUILDFORD.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF A LADY GARDENER.
Photograph by Pictorial Agency.
CHAPTER XVIII
TRAINING GROUNDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS.
Special opportunities are afforded to those who intend to devote their attention to the study of market-garden work. I am enabled, by the courtesy of the principals, to give the following information concerning some successful market gardens which are conducted by ladies, and where pupils are received. This I have supplemented with details of such facilities as are offered by public bodies for courses of instruction in the work.