QUESTION DRA WER. 



the formation of new Horticultural Soci- 

 eties. Mr. Thos. Beall, of Lindsay, one 

 of our directors, is to be sent out by our 

 Association to assist in forming local 

 Societies, wherever his services are re- 

 quired 



The Hamburg Apple Market 

 seems to be a good one for fancy colored 

 varieties, which are quoted at $7 a barrel. 

 Ordinary stock would not be worth the 

 freight. 



Monthly Meetings of our Affiliated 

 Societies should begin at once and be 

 continued throughout the winter. One 

 paper read and fully discussed, a few 

 flowers on the table for comparison and 

 a little music, will make a delightful 

 evening. The Hamilton Society meets 

 the first Monday evening in each month. 



Roses, Choice of Varieties and 

 Winter Care, is the subject of an in- 

 teresting article by Mr. J. C. Jackson, 

 acting Secretary of the Port Hope Hor- 

 ticultural Society, which will appear in 

 our November number. 



The Annual Meeting of the On- 

 tario Fruit Growers' Association 

 will be held in Whitby, Ont., Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, 5th and 6th of Decem- 

 ber, "The Commerce in Large Fruits,'' 

 will be the subject of Prof. J. W. Rob- 

 ertson's address, and " Beautifying 

 Country Homes," will be treated by 

 Prof. Hutt. The best talent in the 

 country will be present and the pro- 

 gramme will be spicy. Everybody wel- 

 come. Copies of the programme, which 

 is now being prepared, may be had on 

 application to the Secretary, L. Wool- 

 verton, Grimsby, Ont. 



^ (D^tiof) Dra(jo^p. £■ 



Canadian Apple Barrel. 



1117. Sir, — Would you please give us 

 through the Journal the size of the legal Can- 

 adian apple barrel ? 



A Subscriber. 



The following is taken from an ad- 

 vance copy of the amendment to the 

 Weights and Measures Act, which has 

 since become law. 



2. On and after the first day of July, one 

 thousand nine hundred, section 18 of the 

 The Weights and Measures Act shall be 

 repealed and the following shall be substi- 

 tuted therefor : — 



18. All apples packed in Canada for sale 

 by the barrel shall be packed either in 

 cylindrical veneer barrels having an inside 

 diameter of eighteen inches and one-third, 

 and twenty-seven inches from head to head 

 inside measure, or in good and strong barrels 

 of seasoned wood twenty-seven inches between 

 the heads, inside measure, and having a head 

 diameter of seventeen inches and a middle 

 diameter of nineteen inches, and such last- 

 named barrels shall be sufficiently hooped, 

 with a lining hoop within the chimes, the 

 whole well secured with nails 



" 2. Every person who offers or exposes 

 for sale, or who packs for exportation, apples 

 by the barrel, otherwise than in accordance 



with the foregoing provisions of this section, 

 shall be liable to a penalty of twentv-fi^e 

 cents for each barrel of apples so offered or 

 exposed for sale or packed ." 



Cutting Back the Clematis. 



1118. Sir,— Should Clematis Jackmanni 

 be cut back to root, that is each season's 

 growth taken off, so that the next year's 

 growth will be entirely new ? 



W. S. G. Walkerton. 



The treatment should vary with differ- 

 ent varieties of clematis. Some varieties 

 die back sufficiently, as for example, 

 those of the Lanuginosa type ; but with 

 a strong grower like Jackmanni it is 

 quite safe to remove the whole top and 

 cause the growth to break forth fresh 

 from the crown. If, however, even this 

 variety is needed to cover some bare 

 trellis pole, or old tree trunk, time in 

 spring is lost by cutting back, for it can- 

 not so clothe the bare wood with ver- 

 dure. 



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