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best for many reasons : It is the cheapest ; the grapes are up from the ground ; 

 never have muddy fruit ; have a free circulation of air 

 under vines, and less mildew than by any other system ; 

 the fruit is more easily clipped from the vines; and I can 

 grow more pounds per acre. 



I also send you sketch of post and cross-piece (fig. 

 6^) 1 use for holding up red raspberries. I cut my posts 

 5 feet long, sharpen them and drive them t6 feet apart 

 in the row. I nail a piece of lath 13 inches long just 3 

 feet from the ground and saw a notch, as shown, at each 

 end of the cross-piece. When the wires are made fast 

 and moderately tight, then I lift them into the notches. 

 This trellis is simple, cheap, and will hold the canes with- 

 out tying.— Awenca;i Gardcfiing. ^'^- ^'"^ -Raspberry- 

 Trellis. 



A DEP.ARTMENT OF BEE KEEPING. 



No. 485. 



Sir.— Would it not be wise to open a department of bee keeping in the Can-.-vdian Hor- 

 TICCLTURIST ? The two occupations are quite in line with each other, as the bees are 

 friends of the fruit grower, helping to fertilize the fiuit by carrying about the ])ollen. 



Agricola, Grimsihy. 



Replies from Bee Keepers. 



There would be nothing inconsistent in adding a bee keeping department to the jour- 

 nal. Bee keeping and horticulture are allied industries. I believe it is a common practice 

 among the floral and horticultural journals in the Old Country to set apart a portion of 

 tlieir papers for the discussion of subjects pertaining to apiculture. Whether you could 

 maintain such a department in the Horticulturist is a question. I apprehend the neces- 

 sary " cupy " would be uncertain in supply, as good articles are eagerly sought after by 

 the journal devoted exclusively to bee keeping. 



R. McKxiGHT, Owen Sound. 



Sir,— On my return home your letter was handed me. It would be wise to call the 

 attention of fruit growers to the great benefits they would derive from keeping a few bees. 

 \\ here bees are kept largely much better crops of fruit are secured, as fertilization is abso- 

 lutely necessary in order to secure good yields. There are many localities wliere bees are kept 

 e.Kclusively for fertilization. Of cour.se they may take honey from them as well ; but some of 

 our best fruit growers have found that bee keeping, in connection therewith, has enabled 

 them to reap a double benefit. We dj not think that it would injure any bee periodical, 

 but, on the other hand, that it would be a benefit to the Canadian Bee Journal to have a 

 department in the Hokticulturi.st, and in the same way we may say that we have fre- 

 quently thought that it would be wise to occasionally have a little horticulture in the 

 Canadian Bee Journal, and we have no doubt it would be beneficial to your most valuable 

 j""''"al- D. A. Jo.Nts. 



No. 486. 



FRUNINCx HEDGES. 



Sir,— Will you give, in next number, some advice as to pruning cedar and spruce 

 hedges; time of year, etc. ? Robt. McIstosh, yewca-Mlt, Out. 



Since evergreen trees are always in foliage, there is less reason for choosing 

 a special season, than for diciduous trees. A good time is in summer, just as 

 the current season's growth begins to turn hard, because it will check the growth 

 without injuring the plants. 



