The Question Box. IT 



A Fruit-Grower. — For the first eight years, Ben is ahead ; subse- 

 quently, Baldwin wins. 



Has any remedy or preventive been found for the cherry 

 maggot? 



Prof. Munson of Maine. — The maggot has appeared in Maine. 

 We have sprayed, hut without effect, because the flies lay their 

 eggs under the skin of the cherry, so that the spray does not 

 reach the maggot. I, know of no real preventive. 



Does the fumigating of nursery stock with hydrocyanic gas 

 injure its quality ? 



Mr. .King of Trumansburg. — I set 1,000 trees that had been 

 fumigated with the gas, last year. Have not found that any of 

 them are injured. 



What will prevent curl-ieaf on peaches ? 



A Fruit-Grower. — Spray the trees with the Bordeaux, before 

 any buds open. It is the best preventive I know. 



What shall we do Avith knotty raspberry bushes? 



Prof. Munson. — Die; them out and burn all of them on the 

 ground. 



Which are the best plums ? 



Prof. Waugh of Vermont. — It is hard to decide. The Japs 

 do not blossom alike in all sections; then there seems to be no 

 standard commercial value of any one particular variety. Inqui- 

 ries have brought out the fact that nearly every plum is differently 

 judged according to the locality in which it is grown. Environ- 

 ment, climate and soils decide the question. This seems to be true 

 of the Japs. Opinions and favorites change in different localities. 

 There are men who think that the American varieties are good 

 enough ; others will plant none but the European sorts, while others 

 still will have none but the Japs. So one must decide according to 

 the whims and wishes of the fruit-growers of a locality, always 

 beins: governed by hardiness of the tree and the demand of the 

 local market. As a rule, nearly every variety has one or more 

 objections. Some of them bear too much fruit; others, not enough. 

 Some make too much wood; others not enough. Some have good 

 foliage; others, do not, etc. For canning purposes, Burbank and 

 Satsuma — both Japs — are most desirable. The variety 

 known as " Wild Goose " is considered in some localities as 

 best among the American varieties; while, in other plum-growing 

 sections it is not grown at all. 



What is the best early grape, all things considered? 



A Fruit-Grower. — Green Mountain. 



