NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Kingston is well prepared and suitably 

 illustrated with half-tortes of Kingston, 

 views and photos of the leading speakers 

 and others, also several of Kingston's 

 public buildings, and a view of the city. 

 The front of the issue contains a hand- 

 some colored plate of a pink rhododen- 

 dron. The number is well filled with 

 interesting matter relating to fruits, 

 flowers and forestry, and is, perhaps, the 

 best issue of the kind ever brought out 

 in Canada." 



the auspices of the Horticultural Society, 

 and deliver a lecture in the Court Room 

 on the evening of Friday, February 26, 

 at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be illus- 

 trated by stereopticon views. Subject : 

 " How to Beautify Home Grounds." 

 There will be no charge for admission, 

 and the public should avail themselves 

 of the opportunity to hear this popular 

 lecturer. 



The Nova Scotia Apple Barrel. — 

 We are in receipt of a letter from The 

 Annapolis Mfg. Co., stating that the 

 Nova Scotia fruit growers have adopted 

 the following measurements for their 

 apple barrel, and have decided to 

 approach the Legislature, asking that 

 these dimensions be the recognized 

 standard of the Province, viz. : stave, 

 30 inches; distance between heads, 27 

 inches; diameter of head, 17 inches; 

 diameter of barrel at bulge, 19 inches ; 

 making the distance 27 inches between 

 heads instead of from croe to croe, as laid 

 down by the Dominion statutes. This 

 prevents the use of various thicknesses 

 of heading by the cooper. The New 

 York State and Michigan barrel is three 

 inches shorter than the Canadian, the 

 stave being only twenty-seven inches in 

 length. 



Prof. Craig, of the Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, will visit Cobourg under 



Cold Storage Transportation for 

 Fruit. — The Department of Agriculture 

 has decided to place a small experimen- 

 tal cold storage warehouse at Grimsby, 

 instead of three houses at three points, 

 for the cooling of fruit for export until 

 placed on board the refrigerator cars. 

 St. Catharines, Burlington, Winona and 

 Grimsby were all claimants for this ware- 

 house, but the interests of all are equally 

 served wherever it is placed, providing 

 the work is well done, and the English 

 market for our tender fruits thoroughly 

 tested. It is proposed to forward one 

 or two cars each week during fruit 

 season, and the growers at Grimsby have 

 undertaken to furnish the fruit. If the 

 experiment proves a success, they agree 

 to take over the warehouse at the end of 

 three years at its appraised value. 



Should the enterprise prove success- 

 ful, no doubt every fruit section will 

 erect a warehouse for itself on the same 

 plan as this one, which has been design- 

 ed for the purpose at Ottawa. 



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