SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 per year, entitling the subscriber to membership of the Fruit 

 Growers' Association of Ontario and all its privileges, including a copy of its valuable Annual 

 Report, and a share in it3 annual distribution of plants and trees, 



REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts" a \vill be acknowledged upon 

 the address label. 



Notes and Comments. 



At the Great Exposition. — Having been appointed by the Minister of 

 Agriculture for the Dominion to take the oversight of the Canadian Horticul- 

 tural Exhibit, at Chicago, the editor of this journal craves the kind indulgence 

 of its readers during his absence. He hopes, however, to gather so much useful 

 and interesting information through the advantages thus afforded him, that the 

 journal will gain rather than lose in consequence. It is his intention to write 

 in detail such events and descriptions as may be interesting to those who stay 

 at home, and thus, in some measure, bring before them a general idea of the 

 World's Exhibit, more especially from the standpoint of a Canadian Horticul- 

 turist. All mail matter, questions, papers for publication, subscriptions, etc., will, 

 as usual, be addressed to him at Grimsby ; and his assistant will give them the 

 usual attention, forwarding to Chicago those which require his personal super- 

 vision. 



A Ladder for Picking Fruit. — Mr. S. H. Mitchell, of St. Marys, sends us a 

 model of a ladder for picking fruit, which appears to be very strong and durable. 

 He describes it as follows : This ladder can be made of the required length, 

 the size represented by the model is fourteen feet long, and the manner of 

 making it is as follows: Take a clear lumber \)- z inches thick and fourteen 

 feet long, dress on both sides to i )/± inches plump. Now rip it up into two-inch 

 strips, dress both sides down to i^ inches. Use four of these strips for the 

 uprights of the ladder and cut up the balance for steps, cutting the bottom step 

 twenty-two inches long and the one for the top fourteen inches long. Lay down 

 two of the uprights and nail the steps, and cut the other steps the length 

 required to suit and nail them on about ten inches apart. Lay on the other two 

 uprights and nail them on firmly, using wire nails long enough to go through 

 and clench. Give two coats of paint and the work is done. 



