Repsteine's orchard at Mount Sylvia, Gatton

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

A West Moreton Orchard.

The large view on this page furnishes a notable example of what may be achieved by an industrious settler in Queensland. It represents the property of Mr. F. W. Rebstein, Orange Grove, Mount Sylvia, near Gatton. The number of trees in the orchard is 700, comprising 50 Lisbon lemon, 100 mandarin, and 550 orange trees of various kinds.
Mr. Rebstein has also about twenty other fruit-trees, such as apples, pears, and peaches. Where the gaps appear in the rows about seventy trees have been cut out, having failed to make suitable growth, but in every case the tree removed has been replaced by another, which in a few years will grow up and restore the uniformity of the rows. The orange bug has made great havoc among the trees lately, and it takes a good deal of time and labour to keep the

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