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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



A GARDEN MARKER. 



The vegetable garden, and in fact all growing crops, should at all times be 

 laid out with a system, convenient to the garden, in location favorable to each 

 sort planted and so that the growing crops will be a pleasure to the eye. To 



partially accomplish such a result, a marker 

 that will do the work rapidly is a great con- 

 venience. To a successful gardener, every 

 break in the straightness of a row of growing 

 crops, especially garden crops, is offensive 

 to the eye. If you aim for a garden of 

 beauty and attractive appearance, start in 

 with straight lines and regularity throughout. 

 The cut shows a marker that may be easily 

 made by any gardener of ingenuity. Take 

 one inch boards, cut to a circle and bevel 

 the edges. The wheels revolve on an iron 

 rod and are held at the desired distance by pieces of 4 x 4 in scantling, through 

 the centre of each, lengthwise, is bored a hole of corresponding size. A handle 

 fastened to the centerpiece and braced by iron rods completes the tool. — Farm 

 and Home. 



THE ONTARIO APPLE. 



Sir, — In the Annual Report for 1893, at page 59, 1 am credited with having 

 made some statements as to this apple, which, according to my recollection, 

 were not made by me, but by Mr. Beall, of Lindsay, who has had more exper- 

 ience with this tree than I have had. Before seeing the Annual Report — it only 

 came to hand to-day — I was about to write to ask you or your correspondents 

 whether the Ontario is or is not a hardy tree. My experience is very limited, 

 but it points to the fact that the tree is not hardy, and that it is not a clean 

 healthy growing tree. Out of 100 standard trees of this variety planted two 

 years ago, 25 have failed, having apparently been frozen after having made a 

 fair start, and the stems of a number of others are scraggy and rough, indicating 

 anything but a healthy growth. Of 60 small trees — one year old — which I set 

 out a year ago, 8 have failed altogether, and 17 others have apparently been 

 frozen down to the snow line during the past winter. I have thus only a liitle 

 over one-half of the 60 trees left in a healthy condition. My losses with other 

 trees, some of them planted three years ago, some of them last year, and includ- 

 ing plums and cherries, as well as apples, have not exceeded four per cent. 



Peterboro\ E. B. Edwards. 



