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Wooi.vEKTON Strawberry. — Mr. J. 

 B. Bruce, N'ernon, B.C., thinks there 

 must be a mistake in calling the Wool 

 verton a late strawberry. The following 

 is a record of his varieties with dates of 

 ripening: Michel, June ist; Wilson, 

 June 3rd : Woolverton, June 3rd ; Clyde, 

 June 7th. 



All berry picking is best done by 

 the quart. Indeed, with the present low 

 prices prevailing we must figure closely 

 if we make any profit, and a uniform 

 price ought to he -paid by growers. 



We have been paying i cent a quart 

 for picking gooseberries, currants, straw- 

 berries and blackberries ; i to 2 for 

 cherries, according to variety and crop ; 

 I '2 for raspberries, except for first and 

 last pickings, ADr which we pay e cents. 

 Is this about the scale of prices adopted 

 by our readers ? 



" Chrvsanthe.mcms ok 1896," is the 

 subject of Cornell Bulletin 136, which 

 contains several full sized photogravures 

 of choice blooms, e. g. : Oriental Glory, 

 (iood Gracious, Miss Magee, Rosy 

 Imperative, and Lenawee. As good 

 blooms as are shown, it is stated, may 

 be grown in the house window : and to 

 succeed well, amateurs should grow 

 plants with from three to si.\ large 

 characteristic flowers. 



Canada's Great Victorian- Era 

 li.xi'OsiTiON AND Industrial Fair. — 

 \Ve have received a copy of the Prize 

 List for the great Victorian- Lra Exposi- 

 tion and In(^strial Fair, which is to be 

 held at Toronto, from the 3otn .\ugust 

 to the nth September next. It promises 

 to exceed in magnitude and attractive- 

 ness all previous exhibitions held in 

 Canada. Among the many special 



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