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Answer — (1) Plant in the spring; (2) two years old ; (3) only as a 

 partial preventive ; Blue Damson is as sure as the Wild Goose ; (4) no» 

 not surely; (5) no, the soil is drained enough. 



Beltox, Mo., Sept. 28, 1894. 

 L. A. GooDMAX, Westport, Mo. : 



Dear Sir— I have been referred to you by Mr J. TV. White, as a man who would give- 



me information as to the following trees. If you will answer at your earliest convenience 



you will place me under many obligations : 



1. Are the Koonce, Garber and Kelffer as good pears as can be planted here? Do they 

 usually live, and about how many crops will they bear In Ave consecutive years? 



2. Are there any better plums than the Japan varieties? How many crops will they 

 bring In five years if properly sprayed? 



a. Is the Dyehouse a productive and salable cherry? 



4. Would you plant these trees in fail or spring? 



5. At what distance could Keififer pears and Yellow Transparent apples be planted 

 each way by alternating one with the other? Yours truly, 



C. W. McKowx. 



Answer — (1) The Keiffer is the most profitable ; they are easily 

 transplanted and will bear three out of five years ; (2) Japan plums are 

 rather uocertain, because the late frosts are liable to kill them after 

 they bloom ; (3) yes ; (4) plant in spring ; (5) sixteen and a half feet each 

 way. 



Sethaxt, Aug. 13, 1894. 

 Dear Sir— "Will you, at j^our leisure, reply to the following: 

 • 1. I desire to plant five acres to plums next spring. This being a strong clay soil, un- 

 derlain with limestone, what variety or varieties should I select for most profitable return, 

 when I come to mai'ket tliem? 



Answer — Wild Goose, Miner, Weaver, Lombard, Dawson. . 



2. Is it best to select early, medium and late varieties, or select a variety or varieties 

 all ripening at one given time? 



Answer — Early, medium, late. 



3. Are plums being as extensively planted in the middle west and other sections tribu- 

 tary to our markets as other fruits? 



Answer — Xo, they are not. 



4. With proper attention to all details in cultivation, what should be the average 

 yield of fruit per tree for each mature tree? 



Answer — One to five bushels. 



5. 'Which would you recomend as most suitable location— a smooth, gentle slope to 

 the northwest, declhie sufficient to furnish good or reasonably good drainage, or rough or 

 ridge land excellently drained? 



Answer— The first mentioned. 



6. I am unacquainted with any of the Japanese or oriental varieties. How does 

 Abundance and Burbanli compare with leading old varieties? 



Answer — They are the best of Japan varieties, but somewhat 

 liable to be killed by late frosts. 



Willow Springs, Jan. l, 1895. 

 L. A. Goodman, Esq. : 



Dear Sir— I take the liberty of addressing you, seeking Information. I have a young 



orchard of fiOO trees; some of them bore last season. It Is planted in the valley and has 



been sadly neglected, and In old land. I want to try some alfalfa or Lucerne clover in the 



