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are tlie men and women that the times 

 demand, and our present system of 

 common school education is not as well 

 calculated to produce such as it might 

 be, as it ought to be. It needs to be 

 made vastly more practical than it is 

 at present. 



It is to be hoped that the discussions 

 under this head, which will be found 

 from page 45 to page 53 of the Report 

 of 1884, will be read and weighed by 

 every parent in the Province, and that 

 our educationists and our Minister of 

 Education will see that there is room, 

 nay necessity, for improvement in the 

 direction here indicated. 



PEACHES IX NIAGARA DISTRICT. 



The crop of peaches in this fai'-tamed 

 fruit region will not be a full average, 

 but the sample promises to be of very 

 fine quality. We called recently to see 

 the orchard of Mr. Osmond, who is one 

 of the most successful peach-growers 

 anywhere, and found many of the trees 

 well laden with fruit. He cultivates 

 the ground thoroughly, not allowing a 

 weed to be seen, and never grows any 

 crop but peaches in the orchard. His 

 fruit is always fine and commands a 

 ready sale at the highest price. His 

 orchards are on high ground that is 

 perfectly drained, and the soil is a 

 strong loam. .-.. 



CRANBERRIES. 

 At the summer meeting of the Fruit 

 Growei-s' Association some one asked 

 for information concerning the cultiva- 

 tion of Cranberries. Reply was made 

 by the Secretary and such information 

 given as could be imparted in a few 

 words condensed into the short space of 

 time that can be given to the answering 

 of questions. "We mention this to call 

 the attention of those who are desii'ous 

 of further information on this subject 

 to the excellent paper of Mr. A. McD. 



Allan at page 149 of the Report of the 

 Fi'uit Growers' Association for 1884, 

 where they will find the needed infor- 

 mation given in the fewest possible 

 words. 



THE CHAMPION GRAPE. 



The hardiness of this grape is some- 

 thing remarkable. Mr. Francis Cole- 

 man residing in Hamilton, writes to 

 us that the past severe winter killed 

 some of his vines and trees, but the 

 Champion grape vine is as full and 

 promising as ever. If this grape were 

 of better quality it would be the most 

 valuable vai-iety we have for this 

 climate. 



PARIS GREEN FOR CURCULIO. 



Three fruit-growers have recently 

 told us that they spi-ayed their plum 

 trees this season with Paris green, 

 using a teaspoonful to two gallons of 

 water, and that their ti-ees are now 

 loaded with fruit. 



QUESTION DRAWER. 



Dear Sir, — I have taken your valu- 

 able monthly for the last two years, 

 and am well pleased with it. The 

 Worden grape I got for premium for 

 1883, I may say I killed it with kind- 

 ness, as a friend of mine told me that 

 a little ashes was good, so I gave it a 

 little, but I think my little was a little 

 too much; but the Prentiss I got in 

 the spring of 1884, did far better last 

 summer than some I planted the fall 

 of 1883. 



I have only a small garden, but to 

 keep things doing well I can always 

 see something wants doing. I think 

 there is a good bit of truth in the letter 

 from Farmer and Fruit Grower in last 

 number, as no matter how small the 

 garden or farm, if it will pay at all, it 

 will pay to work it well. 



