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NOTES AN'D COMMENTS. 



Crosby Pe.^ch. — Mr. E. McArdle, who has a large peach orchard in the vicin- 

 ity of St. Catharines, writes us as follows, concerning our plate of the Crosby peach- 

 He says : " 1 notice that one of your correspondents has taken exception to the 

 plate of the Crosby peach. I myself think it is overdrawn ; but I got some of 

 them as samples from Mr. W. D. Hines, Townsend, Mass., this season, which 

 were larger than those mentioned by your correspondent, though not so large 

 as Crawford. They were a very attractive peach in color, and, if they are as 

 ihey are claimed to be, the variety is a valuable one. 



F.^RMERs' Institute Work. — We notice in the reports of the Sheep 

 Breeders' and Swine Breeders' Association, that it is considered somewhat of a 

 grievance that they have not a special representative speaking at Farmers 

 In.stitute3, as well as the Fruit Growers' Association. Certainly, we. as fruit 

 growers, have no idea of standing in the way of our brethren in other occupa- 

 tions. If farmers can do better raising swine and sheep than fruit, we have no 

 object in persuading them to engage in fruit growing. Indeed, it would be 

 rather in the personal interest of the fruit growers to lessen, rather than extend, 

 the acreage of land devoted to fruit in our province ; because, in this way, there 

 would be less competition in our markets for the sale of our fruit. 



Acrea(;e Devoted to the Variols Kinds of Friit. — The Annua 

 Report of the Bureau of Industries does not give sufficient attention to the fruit 

 growing industry. \'ery careful estimates are given of the area of jirodi'ce of 

 wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, etc., but when you come to the department o 

 fruit growing, we find simply a list of the acres in the various counties devoted to 

 the orchard and garden : but no specific account of the number of acres devoted 



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