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 192, iox one pound oi hellebore, read one ounce. 



The Triomphe de Vienne Pears sent out to members of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers Association this spring, were too large to go by mail, and to con- 

 form to postal regulations had to be cut down to two feet in length. The loss 

 of top will, however, prove only temporary, as the roots were sent entire. 



Lawn Grass. — Experiments at LaSalle seem to indicate, that for ordinary 

 lawns, mixed Kentucky Blue Grass and Red Top, in equal quantities, is best and 

 cheapest. This can be purchased at $1.67, or thereabouts, per bushel, while the 

 so-called " best lawn mixtures " are sold at about $4 per bushel. 



The Crescent Strawberry. — Mr. B. F. Smith, Secretary Kansas Horti- 

 cultural Society, says that berry growers should discourage the growing of this 

 variety, because all markets are glutted with them, and they are too soft for re- 

 shipment. This is especially true when picking season is about half over. Some 

 firmer berry would enlarge the demand and improve the market. 



The Missouri Horticulturists held a summer session in St. Joseph, on 

 the second of June last, and had an attendance of about one hundred delegates. 

 Secretary Goodman read a very interesting report, in which he showed the great 

 possibilities of that State for fruit growing, and emphasized the importance of 

 making a creditable display of the fruits and flowers of the State at t he coming 

 World's Fair. According to a paper read by a Mr. Murray, of Ogden, Mo., the 

 average yield of apples in the State, is about 5,000,000 barrels, the most of which 

 are consumed in the cities of that or adjoining States. 



