. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. • Fig. 2666. The Kniffen System of Grape Pruning. The Kniffen System of grape pruning is the simplest and least laborious, and may be easily understood by a study of the ac- companying diagrams. Only two wires are needed in making the trellis. We will de- scribe fully if our readers Fig. 2667. The Kniffen System. Dware Pear Trees should be well cut back, especially the new wood, in order to keep up plenty of young growth, for on this the finest fruit is produced. THE COUNTY FAIL'S, THAT our County Fai
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. • Fig. 2666. The Kniffen System of Grape Pruning. The Kniffen System of grape pruning is the simplest and least laborious, and may be easily understood by a study of the ac- companying diagrams. Only two wires are needed in making the trellis. We will de- scribe fully if our readers Fig. 2667. The Kniffen System. Dware Pear Trees should be well cut back, especially the new wood, in order to keep up plenty of young growth, for on this the finest fruit is produced. THE COUNTY FAIL'S, THAT our County Fairs are sadly in need of some radical improvements is quite evident to any one who is at all familiar with them. The old un- painted building, often misnamed " the Palace," is enough to give " sore eyes " to visitors, while the grounds are no improve- ment upon the barest and most uninviting country field, without shrub or shade tree for shade or ornament. This criticism applies to the Bruce County fair grounds at Walker- ton, spoken of on page 402; to the Welland County fair grounds at Welland, all of which we have recently visited, and no doubt to many others. The fakirs, who swarm to these fairs, are a disgrace, and should be routed out by the di- rectors. At Welland the game tables were surrounded by green country youths freely putting up their money in the vain hope of winning a pile of dollars. THE MODEL FAIRS. Our Ontario Department of Agriculture has this year offered to aid those fairs which so consent, in several ways ; as for ex- ample, the appointment of expert judges, the giving of demonstrations in domestic science, in apple packing, and by having experimental plots, right on the very fair grounds. Nor is this all, for demonstrations are also given in chicken feeding, and in the killing, plucking and packing of fowls for shipment to market, in the handling of bees, and in various other interesting and instruct- ive diversions which are a means
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