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require removing than later. There is no better time in the year than the 

 month of November for pruning the grape, and this season is a favorable one for 

 most growers. It is a time of leisure, for the fruit crops are nearly all shipped ; 

 and one can take time to attend to these matters. Certainly, in Ontario, our 

 growers need to pay more attention to the pruning of their grape vines than they 

 have done. Otherwise, their vineyards will become, in time, an inextricable 

 tangle, unsightly, and unsuited to bring about the best results. ,' 



Burning Trash is a highly desirable work at this season of the year. Old 

 brush, loose sticks and weeds harbor mice, and give a place an untidy 

 appearance, unless they are collected and burned. Old leaves or decayed fruit 

 should always be made away with in some way, for upon them many fungi, 

 such as mildew, scab, rot, etc., live through the winter and are ready to attack 

 the new growths of another season. Troublesome weeds, which scatter their 

 seeds, are now already mature. \\'ere these carefully pulled and burned, much 

 future trouble and expense would be saved. Could we only do each piece of 

 work in its proper time, how much additional labor and toil might be saved to 

 men who are already overburdened with work, in trying to keep their orchards 

 and gardens in a tidy and creditable condition ? 



THE WORLD'S FAIR. 



It will soon be time for the fruit growers of Canada to stir themselves wMth 

 regard to a creditable exhibit in their department at the approaching exposition 

 at Chicago, in 1893. No doubt British Columbia and Nova Scotia will vie 

 with Ontario for the best exhibit for the purpose of drawing attention to their 

 provinces. Let us not be behind. 



In reply to a letter of inquiry, we have received the following letter from 

 Mr. J. M. Samuels, the Director of the Horticultural Department of the World's 

 Fair : 



Deak Sir, — I am glad to notice that you are taking an interest in the Horticultural 

 Department of the World's Columbian Exposition, and will be very much pleased to have 

 Canada make as large an exhibit from the different provinces as possible. I am quite 

 familiar with the pomological resources of Canada, having spent considerable time in the 

 Dominion, and am aware that you can make one of the finest displays of any of the 

 countries in the world, and have no doubt a large and creditable exhibition of your 

 horticultural resources will do your country more good in the way of inducing immigration 

 than the one at the late Colonial and Indian Exhibition in England. 



The classification in our Department is the most elaborate and perfect of any exhibition 

 yet held, and will provide for a display for your whole country, for each province, local 

 societies, and for individuals, and your different provinces will be placed on an equal footing 

 with our own States. 



I will be glad to receive copies of your journal of horticulture, and will take pleasure 

 in keeping you supplied with World's Fair literature. 



Very respectfully, 



J. M. Samuels, 



Chief, Department of Horticulture. 

 Office of the Director-General, 



World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 111. 



