100 • STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Dr. Curry — I have no place for the fruit agent. When I went to 

 the nursery I got good stock. Will the addition of glue to the wash 

 be injurious 1 



L. A. Goodman — Yes, it will cause the wash to stick closer, and it 

 closes up the pores in the bark. 



Jacob Faith — I would not use glue or anything of that nature in 

 the summer. 



What is the character of the Yellow Transparent, as a shipping- 

 apple ? 



Mr. Helvern — We ship it from Arkansas to Kansas City. 



L. A. Goodman — Where you have a good shipping market it will 

 pay; it will not keep very long; it bears young and well. 



Question — What is a remedy for a small, white worm that infests 

 the roots of melon plants ? 



Mr. Espenlaub — Ladies say that lime-water is good to rid plants 

 and flowers of the little white worms. Perhaps it would do for melon 

 plants. 



L. A. Goodman — Lime-water, kerosene emulsion or tobacco-water 

 would answer the purpose. 



Question— What shall I do with stunted 4 to C-year-old Ben Davis^ 

 trees'? Would you advise cutting off near the ground to allow a new 

 growth, or would it be best to replace with new trees *? 



Answer — If not too badly stunted, cut the branches back very 

 severely — somewhat as we renew a peach-tree ; or cut off at the ground 

 and start a new shoot. If very badly stunted, dig up, burn, and plant 

 young, heaithy, vigorous trees. The hospital is no place for sick trees^ 



Question — Will the ashes and lime out of a furnace using wood to 

 burn lime be useful in an orchard affected with the woolly root-louse f 



Answer — Yes ; the best that can be used, if a little salt be added. 



Question — Will a wash made, composed of 2 lbs. of strong soap,, 

 3 gallons boiling water, when cool, add 2 ounces carbolic acid, and 

 apply to the trunk of the young apple-tree, prevent rabbits from gird- 

 ling them. 



Answer — Yes. 



Question — Should an old orchard be cultivated 1 if so, how can it 

 be done among trees with low heads and spreading branches! 



N. T. Manley. 



Answer — Plow deeply and cut back severly ; use small mules; a» 

 soon as they are accustomed to it they will crowd under the branches 

 easily. 



A gentleman wants to plant 100 apple trees for home use, to con- 

 sist of such sorts that are the least subject to disease. The only 



