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From the outlook to-day, what is the most reliable and profit- 

 able fruit crop for the grower? 



A Fruit-Grower. — The apple is the most reliable in my estima- 

 i ion, because the presenl generation is neglecting it. It is the surest 



money maker, the most reliable and the easiest grown of any 

 of our fruits. With proper care, 1 believe the apple will come 

 out ahead. 



Mr. Hale. — There are more acres of apple orchard in Mon- 

 tana than in New York, and all have been planted within the last 

 eight years; most of them within the last five. The same growth 

 is true in Missouri, northern Michigan and elsewhere, and yet the 

 growth of the apple orchards do not keep pace with the demand for 

 the fruit here and abroad. 



What is air-slaked lime worth for apple orchards, and how 

 much would you apply per tree ? 



A Fruit-Grower. — I should not apply lime at all, unless the soii 

 were acid. 



What is the best remedy to kill cabbage worms? 



Mr. "Woodward. — Plant enough cabbage so that the worms 

 will have enough to cat. 



A Fruit-grower. — In Cortland county, N". Y., where many cab- 

 bage are grown, they don't pay any attention to the worm. 



Will it pay to plant the Rome Beauty apple largely in western 

 New York ? 



Mr. Woodward. — I never had a better bearer. 



( Ithers spoke highly of it. 



Would you cut back pear trees to five buds after they were of 

 three years' growth? 



A Fruit-Grower. — If the trees were dwarfs I should cut them 

 back that much every year: if they were standards, the growth and 

 condition of the tree would determine it. 



Is the peach profitable when budded on Myrobolam stock? 



Mr. Hale. — I don't know; but I will say that I do not want a 

 peach on any root but its own, for my planting. 



"What about the Japan chestnut? 



Mr. I Tale. — You will lose 50 to 60 per cent, of your plantings 

 the first year; the next year you will lose 40 to 50 per cent, of what 

 yon had left, and. if the next season chances to be a dry one, y<>\\ 

 will lose 90 per cent, of the balance, so that you will only have 

 a tree or two left. 



lb v does Ben Davis, compare with Baldwin in western New 

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