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TJie Canadian Hortiadtnrist. 



The company at Muscatine, Iowa, 

 which has patented this barrel and 

 are manufacturing it, claim that it 

 has the following advantages over 

 the ordinary barrel : 



It weighs from five to seven pounds less 

 than the ordinary barrel, making a material 

 saving in freight charges. 



It is the only thoroughly ventilated barrel 

 made, a very important point. 



It is stronger and more durable than any 

 other barrel. 



It costs less than one-half for trimming, 

 and does not require an experienced hand to 

 cooper it. 



Never varies in size, even to the extent of 

 a quart. 



The heads are warranted not to come out 

 in transit, and no liners are required, alto- 

 gether making it the cheapest and best bar- 

 rel in the market. 



crossing the ocean, too, it may prove 

 the right package, because it would 

 permit the fruit to receive all the 

 benefits of the atmospheric blast of 

 cool air which is made to pass 

 through the compartments in which 

 the apples are stored, on some of the 

 steamship lines. 



BR.\CIXG OF POSTS POR FENCES .\ND 

 FOR GRAPE VINE TRELLISES. 



One ot the chief objections to the 

 wire fence is the difficulty in keeping 

 the wire from sagging. The heaving 

 and thawing of the posts with the 

 winter frosts soon causes the whole 

 fence to look untidy. A most thor. 



From an examination of the barrel, 

 we have no doubt that these state- 

 ments are correct, and we shall be 

 glad to see it introduced into 

 Canada, if only on the score of econ- 

 omy. It can be made in any size, 

 and for shipping fancy apples and 

 pears it seems to be admirably 

 adapted, showing so well the color 

 all down the sides. 



Whether ventilated packages are 

 best in all cases may perhaps be 

 questioned, but, for the majority of 

 cases, where a close barrel hastens 

 the ripening process too much, venti- 

 lation is just what is wanted. In 



ough mode of bracing is shown in 

 the engraving, which explains itself, 

 but it is rather clumsy looking, and 

 perhaps no more lasting than a plan 

 which we have adopted of late at 

 Grimsby, in our vineyards. No 

 wooden braces are used at all, but 

 the last two posts at the end are 

 made firm by wire stays, which pass 

 diagonally from the top of each post 

 to the ground, at an angle of about 

 45°, where each is fastened about a flat 

 stone, buried nearly a foot below the 

 surface. This is found to hold with 

 great firmness, is out of the way, and 

 looks quite tidy. 



