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 its annual distribution of plants and trees, 



REMITTANCES by Registered Letter are at our risk. Receipts will be acknowledged upon 

 the address label. 



Notes and Comments. 



Errata. — On page 404 in Ontario's apple exhibit for 1892, read 11 1 

 instead of 52. 



Our Winter Meeting, will be held in Peterboro", beginning Tuesday, 

 5th December, at noon. The change of date was made after carefully consult- 

 ing the Association at Peterboro'. Write for programme.' 



The Editor of this Journal will be at his office at Grimsby early this 

 month, where he will be able to give better attention to the subject matter of 

 this Journal than he could do in the evenings of busy days of duty at the 

 World's Fair. 



Storing Implements. — Some sensible hints on this point are made by 

 the American Agriculturist, who advises not only putting tools away carefully 

 under cover for the winter, but cleaning them thoroughly, and oiling all metallic 

 parts with kerosene or melted beef-tallow. For the wood part boiled linseed with 

 some mineral paint is recommended. 



THE BUSINESS OF FRUIT GROWING. 



It is a remarkable fact that most people not engaged in fruit growing, think 

 that no previous training, either of a practical or theoretical nature is required, 

 for success in it. They would not for a moment expect success in the dry goods 

 business, or in any trade or profession without years of preparation, but they 

 seem to think that any man who fails at other things may at once step into the 

 growing of fruit, and make money. Others again, who have some knowledge of 



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