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Wolf River. 



S94. Sir, — I see in the magazine several 

 inquiries about Wolf River apple. I find it 

 to be far ahead of Wealthy, both in size and 

 quality. It has some red streaks, but does 

 not color as highly as I expected. 

 James Walker, 



FairvU/c, St. John, N.B. 



Wolf River as we saw it at the World's 

 Fair, was much larger than Wealthy, 

 and very highly colored ; but not so long 

 a keeper. We think it should be classed 

 among the fall apple?. 



Poplar Roots. 



S93. Sir, — Will you kindly advise me 

 how to destroy the vitality of poplar roots ? 

 Some trees on my place were cut down this 

 fall, but the roots were not destroyed. How 



can it best be done ? 



C, E. G., Strathroy. 



Had these trees been cut down in 

 midsummer, the roots would probably 

 have lost most of their vitality through 

 the shock. We would advise cutting 

 down all sprouts in midsummer. 



Raspberry and Blackberry for 

 Simcoe. 



896. Sir, — What variety of raspberry, 

 and what of blackberry would you recom- 

 mend for this section of country ? 

 John Reid, 



ErereM, Out. 



We would advise you to try the 

 Turner raspberry and the Snyder black- 

 berry. Possibly you could succeed 

 with the Cuthbert raspberry, a more 

 productive variety than Turner. 



Native or Foreign Plum Stock. 



897. Sill, — What advantage is there in 

 grafting, cions on wild natives, over using 

 imported stoi:k 'i 



H. Saunders, 



Fnirbank'i. 



We know no advantage except that 

 the natives are hardier and less liable to 

 winter kill in cold sections. We shall 

 be glad of more light from any reader. 



One Year Old Pear Trees. 



898. Sir, — Would you advise planting 

 one year pear trees in preference to two or 

 three year old trees ? 



H. Sausders. 



It is just a question of expense. One 

 year old pear trees are too small to plant 

 out in an orchard and be cultivated as 

 they should be. If you can buy such 

 trees enough cheaper than three year old 

 trees to pay you for planting them in 

 good rich soil in nursery rows on your 

 own place, and grow them a year or 

 two, all right. Pear trees should be 

 once or even twice transplanted in 

 nursery rows before being set in an 

 orchard, in order to encourage the for- 

 mation of fibrous roots, but this is so 

 expensive that nursery men seldom do 

 it in practice. You could do this your- 

 self, if you buy yearling trees. 



Varieties of Pears for York 

 County. 



899. Sir, — What varieties of pears 

 would you advise me to plant ? Some advise 

 Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Clapp's Favorite, 

 and Anjou ? Can I control scab on Flemish 

 Beauty pears by spi ayiiig ? 



H. SAfNIiERS. 



The list of pears recommended to 

 you is good. You might add (liffard 

 for an earlier variety than Clapp's 

 I'avorite or Bartlett, and Lawrence for 

 an early winter dessert variety. You 

 can control the scab to a very large ex- 

 tent by spraying four or five times with 

 the Bordeaux mixture. 



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