The Canadian Horticulturist 



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Hut with commercial orchardists, who are pushed with a cro|) of ripening 

 fruit that must be hurried off, and whose orchards are situated on perfectly level 

 ground, this ladder is rather too heavy and requires too much adjusting, to 

 become really popular. Such men need light ladders that can be set 

 up in a jiffy and with one movement of the arms, while this requires two or 

 three. 



Fio. 59. — Harris' Stki> Ladokk. 



Pruning Trees can be done in October and November, to excellent 

 advantage. If this operation could be performed before the fall of the leaves, 

 there is no doubt that the wounds would begin to callus in the fall, and would 

 heal better than when done in the cold winter. Shrubs and hedges could also be 

 pruned at this season with propriety, the object being to give them the desired 

 shape ; for, just before the foliage falls, one can more easily see what limbs 



