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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



The Sweet Chestnut. — Some of our 

 readers are anxious to plant nut trees for 

 profit, but have no information regarding^ 

 their hardiness. We have a chestnut ridg^e 

 where a large number of magnificent old 

 native sweet chestnut trees are growing in 

 deep rich sand. This is in latitude 43^2°. 

 We would be pleased to hear from our 

 readers how much further north these trees 

 will succeed and mature their nuts. 



and it will require some years under our 

 system of government to secure the univer- 

 sal adoption of any standard." 



The Standard Apple Barrel. — We have 

 just received a letter from Wm. A. Taylor, 

 Assistant Pomologist, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, acknowledging 

 receipt of information about standard size 

 of apple barrel adopted in Canada. He 

 says, " We believe this is a step in the right 

 direction, as it tends to simplify marketing. 

 There is still a great div-ersity in the stand- 

 ard of apple barrels used in this country, 



Georgian Bay Fruit Growers. — A 

 strong Fruit Growers' Association was 

 formed at Collingwood on Friday the 27th 

 of March to be known as the Georgian Bay 

 Fruit Growers' Association, with Mr. 

 Charles Lawrence, as Secretary. One im- 

 portant object of this society will be the 

 Co-operative handling of fruit, especially 

 apples, of which it is stated that at least 

 100,000 barrels are produced annually in 

 that district, of such a quality that they bring 

 a special price in the best markets. 



Some ot the members of this society are 

 desirous of affiliation with our association, 

 and this may be carried into effect. The 

 plan is to make the membership .'1^I.oo, so 

 that after paying the fee for each member 



