2 Bureau oi Farmers' [kstitutes. 



Question. — How is the general fruit-grower to become posted 

 on the markets of the world '. 



Answer. — -By inking the loading horticultural papers or trade 

 rs, and by joining horticultural societies and keeping in touch 

 with the leading fruit-growers. 



Question. — From which trees will Ave get fruit the quickest, 

 young trees set out and left in grass or trees budded and grafted \ 



Answer. — I had 15,000 trees in Georgia six or eight years 

 old from which I cut off the tops, cutting the heads back to six 

 or eight buds.' The next year I budded that new growth and the 

 next year harvested a good crop of peaches. Put from six to 

 fifteen buds in a tree. Always use buds from trees which we 

 have seen in fruit, and do it in June, July, August or September. 



Question. — Xamc varieties of apples that will fruit two bar- 



- per tree at eight years of age? 



Answer. — I could not do it because I don't live in Kew York; 

 but avc have done it in Connecticut on land said to be not worth 

 $5 per acre. 



Question. — How near the ground do you recommend heading 

 the tree- \ 



Answer. — -From 15 to 18 inches. I aim to have my peaches 

 so beaded as to pick at least 75 per cent, of the fruit from the 

 ground. 



Question. — Name varieties of apples for an orchard of 1,000 

 trees for commercial purposes? 



Answer. — I plant Home Beauty, Southern Beauty and Bald- 

 win as the main crop. 



Question. — How may we know when we have the San Jose 

 e \ 



Answer. — Yen will know it when you have it, but I cannot 

 describe it. The Lord has evidently sent it for the purpose of 

 compelling us to take better care of the trees. 



lestion. — What kind of fertilizer should Ave use and at what 

 tin 



Answer. — Ask the land; would not want the same formula 

 for all soils. As a rule, keep out stable manure. There is too 

 much nitrogen in it, which produce- a .-oft, unripened growth 

 of wood and bud. Apply potash in the form of muriate or sul- 

 phate and add ground hone. I use from 1,200 to 1,500 pounds 

 of the fhixture per acre. 



Question. -Which will keep best in cold storage, fruit fully 

 ripe when picked or that picked somewhat green? 



