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What kind of storage for apples would this Association recom- 

 mend to small growers ? 



Cellers in these hillsides. 



Is the strawberry rust and blight the same thing? 



No. 



Has spraying proven an entire remedy ? 



Not entirely ; but is the best preventive measure. 



What time to cut Alfalfa and manner of curing and storing ? 



Cut three or four times a year and store like red clover. 



What distance apart would you advise setting grapes in this sec- 

 tion ? 



Eight by eight feet. 



How and what is a sure way to propagate roses, especially Hybrid 

 Perpetuals ? 



Layer them. 



Is fertilization necessary for the development of apples, pears, etc? 



Yes ; certainly. 



Are the imperfect strawberries (buttons ) in some sections this 

 season, caused by the draught, cold, insects, or imperfect fertilization ? 



By one or all these. 



What black cap raspberry is most preferable for a market berry ! 



Hopkins and Kansas. 



We mulched all kinds of berries with cane bagasse in Nebraska 

 and also here, and is the best of all mulches as no weeds are ever in 

 it Mrs. Moyer. 



Will crimson clover do well in south Missouri ! 



Eed clover is better. 



If so, would it not be an ideal crop to supply humus for our soil? 



The cow-pea is beut in an orchard of all fertilizers. 



Excelsior Springs, Mo., Aug. 18, 1895. 

 Mr. L. a. Goodman, Westport, Mo. : 



Dear Sir— I received the 37th Annual Report of the Missouri State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, and accept many thanks for same. In looking over some Agricultural paper that I 

 have, last fall I came across the following: if a tree is Infected with borers, find the animal, 

 and if you cannot get at him very well, just put a parlor match with the sulphur end next 

 to him that plugs his hole, and he goes where the woodbine twlneth. 



Put o or 4 good handfulls of powdered coperas around the body and roots of grape 

 vines, and It will prevent the rotting of the grapes, the first of June, and again on first of 

 July. I have tried both with eatlre satisfaction, Tlie boi'ers are dead wliere we used the 

 sulphur match, and my grapes rotted less this year than by spraying, and I think the flavor 

 is Improved. Yours, 



Jno. W. Hexrie. 



Would like to plant about 50 each of cherries and pears this fall. 

 What varieties would you recommend ? Would like to have the cher- 

 ries half and half, sweet and sour. 



Twenty-five E. Richmond 25 English Morello. 



