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The Fen'ce. — The American Gar- 

 den is entering upon a crusade 

 against the superfluous fence. We 

 heartily coincide with our able con- 

 temporary in this matter, believing 

 that fences are the greatest blot upon 

 our landscape from an aesthetic stand- 

 point, and that the enormous ex- 

 penditure at which they are kept up 

 are an unnecessary tax upon the 

 already heavily burdened farmer. 

 Could the principle once become 

 established that cattle are to be 

 fenced in by their owners, and not 

 fenced out by the neighbors, a great 

 relief would be experienced by the 

 majority of those interested. The 

 idea, however, is not at all new to us 

 in Ontario, as by consulting our 

 Report for tire year 1886, page 11, 

 it will be seen that this very thing 

 was subject of discussion at one of 

 our winter meetings, and the fence 

 danounced as a nuisance that ought 

 to be done away with, except where 

 required to enclose one's own stock. 



Apple Scab.— Mr. B. T. Gallo- 

 way, chief of the Section of Mycolog}', 

 of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, writes to theN.R.Y., on 

 this fungus, drawing attention to 



several important facts respecting it. 

 The young spores are very minute, 

 about I - 1 500th of an inch in diameter ! 

 and live over winter on the 3'oung 

 twigs, old leaves and fruit. They 

 begin germinating about the time 

 the young fruit is forming, and under 

 favorable conditions, such as plenty 

 of heat and moisture, they develop 

 very rapidl}'. At first it is only by 

 the closest inspection that the tiny 

 specks can be discerned, but soon 

 become plainly recognizable. If 

 numerous, as during the present 

 season, they cause the fruit to grow 

 misshapen, and very small, utterly 

 unfitting it for market. One point 

 not generally known is that the spot 

 continues to grow even after the 

 fruit is gathered and stored away in 

 the barrels for the winter. 



The raking together and the burning 

 of the affected leaves and fruit in the 

 fall may be useful, but in an orchard 

 of any size is almost impracticable. 

 In our 100 acre orchard, for instance, 

 almost every kind is, this year, more 

 or less affected, even the Golden 

 Sweet, which we had hitherto 

 counted as proof against this fungus ; 

 wliat a task then would be the gather- 



