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of four or five inches ai)art in the rows. As cold weather approaches it is well 

 to throw up the soil towards the cuttings and when the ground freezes cover the 

 ground with strawy manure, thus preventing heaving of the ground. 



Our Apple Crop. — From the news received, both through the public 



press and private correspondence, it would appear that the prospects for the 



sale of our winter apples this season, are very bright. We have just received a 



letter from Messrs. James Lindsay & Son, Edinburgh, Scotland, in which they 



speak as follows : — 



" Judging from the appearance all around, we think the season will be a fairly good 

 one for the consumption of American and Canadian fruit of good quality, green fruit, free 

 from scab, and well packed. The European crop is fairly good and large, but the fruit is 

 of very small size, hence such will not interfere with American and Canadian shipments. 

 We hear that the States are about an average crop, so there will not be an excessive supply 

 from that district. These are our reasons for thinking that the outlet is veiy good for 

 Canadian stock. Your fruit should go forward carefully packed in full sized barrels, all 

 of one weight. When they come in diflferent sizes it is a difficult matter to sell satisfac- 

 torily. The kinds that sell best here are Baldwins, Spy, Spitzenburg, Canada Red, Greening, 

 Rox and Golden Russets and Snow." 



Messrs. Otis & Lawrence, Montreal, agents for Woodall & Co., Liverpool, 



England, write : 



"The English market is still in good condition. We think that if the market is seriously 

 affected, it will be because of the poor quality, but, if the (juality is all right, quantity 

 need not be feared much. There will, no doubt, be a large quantity of apples sent to 

 England this year, and, to be on the safe side, shippers ought to send only their best and 

 soundest fruit. Montreal will ship about "2,000 barrels to Liverpool this week, and Nova 

 Scotia will ship about 10,000 barrels to London." 



The Collection of Bottled Fruit for the World's Fair is making 

 excellent progress. Mr. Pettit and his assistant are giving their whole time to 

 this work, and our directors and others are donating liberal supplies of their 

 finest fruits. Magnificent peaches from Essex and Lincoln, plums from Went- 

 worth and Essex, grapes and apples from every quarter come to the office of the 

 superintendent in succession and need constant vigilance to care for them 

 properly. He has some 1,700 glass jars of all shapes and sizes, many of them 

 very ornamental, and in these the fruit mentioned shows to the very best advan- 

 tage. They will be stored in a cellar until next spring and then conveyed to 

 Chicago. Too much cannot be said in honor of our President for his able 

 superintendence of the work, but, as the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association are 

 the chief donators and are always ready to further the work in every way, it will 

 be manifestly unfair unless their assistance in the work is duly recognized by 

 our Government. 



Currant Growing. — Orchard and Garden gives the following as the 

 essential elements for successful currant growing : deep, rich, moist soil ; ample 

 top dressing of manure in the fall ; mulching applied to the soil about the 

 bushes immediately after the spring rains ; regular annual pruning, cutting back 

 old wood about one quarter, trimming out the old and useless wood and keeping 

 the bush open and airy. 



