QUESTION DRAWER. 



what a nuisance the popular suckers are, I 

 hasten to give an answer. I hail my ground 

 covered with suckers after tlie trees had been 

 cut down, I saw in some paper that if holes 

 were bored in the stumps and the holes filled 

 with coal oil it woidd kill the suckers. I 

 tried it, boring holes with a three-quarter 

 inch bit and tilling with coal oil, every sucker, 

 even two feet from stumps, were killed and 

 , 0-day there is not one alive. 



L. Fairbanks, Whithy. 



Early ^GidXo.— {Questions Sjg, 8Si.) 

 Reply by Walter Hick. 



Regarding the " Early Potatoes, " in 

 question 879, October No., also 881, 

 November No. Canadian Horticul- 

 turist ; I intended to have answered 

 it with my experience. I have been ex- 

 perimenting for some years with both 

 early and late varieties. I have found 

 Early Puritan from Peter Henderson 

 and Polaris from \V. H. Maule, about 

 the earliest and best croppers, but I 

 believe they are the same, so now I don't 

 keep them separate. The Burpee's 

 Early I find a poor cropper and small, 

 and no earlier. The Tonnocks I found 

 last year was the earliest of all and a 

 good crop. I have not grown Carman, 

 as noted in question 881, or the Jersey 

 Queen or Early Main, as stated by Mr. 

 R. F. Closson on page 441. My land 

 is a good dark loam. 



Pruning' Apple Trees, 



919. Sir, — I have a small farm of about 

 eight acres more or less in Wolfville, X.S., 

 partly in apple orchard (oldish) and a part in 

 a young plum orchard. I want to know 

 when to pruue apple trees for the best results. 

 (i. N. Ballentv.ne, 



»Vor(/i Atlleboro'; Mass. 



Light pruning may be done at any 

 time, but wounds cut in June, heal more 

 rapidly than at any other time of year. 

 If pruning is done regularly every year, 

 no large limbs need ever be cut, and the 

 work may be done just when isjmost 

 convenient. 



Lecturers to Horticultural 

 Societies. 



920. SiK. — Can you send me a list of 

 lecturers available on Horticulture ? I am 

 instructed to arrange for three or four lec- 

 tures during the season. Our first should be 

 within three weeks. 



C. H. Roberts, Secretary 

 Paris Hort. Soc. 



We would recommend the following 

 gentlemen, viz.: — John Craig, Horti- 

 culturist, Ottawa; Prof. H. L. Hutt, 

 O. A. C, Guelph ; Prof. J. H. Panton, 

 O. A. C, Guelph ; D. VV. Beadle, 303 

 Crawford St., Toronto ; Alex. McNeill, 

 Windsor ; R. B. Whyte, Ottawa ; Mr. 

 Webster, Florist, Hamilton; T. H. Race, 

 Mitchell ; Alex. McD. Allan, Goderich. 

 We shall be glad to hear of other names, 

 which we may add to this list. 



Nothing- will better serve to build up 

 and strengthen our affiliated Societies 

 than a course of lectures each winter. 

 The Fruit Growers' Association of On- 

 tario has decided upon the following 

 gentlemen as representatives to lecture 

 before the Societies ; — Mr. John Craig, 

 of Ottawa (kindness of Mr. Wm. Saun- 

 ders, Director of Dominion Experimen- 

 tal Farm), to the nine affiliated Societies 

 east of Toronto; Mr. D. W. Beadle, 

 a prominent Horticulturist, to the ten 

 Societies south and west of Toronto, and 

 Mr. Alex. McNeill, of Windsor, to the 

 nine Societies north and west of Toronto. 



Fertilizer for Plums. 



921. .Sir, — When and how should I fer- 

 tilize my plum trees ? 



G. N. B., Kortk AUthoro', Afasn. 



Try the following commercial fertili- 

 zers for each tree : ^ to i lb. nitrate of 

 soda ; 3 to 6 lbs. dissolved rock or bone 

 meal, and g to 18 lbs. of wood ashes, or 

 3^2 to 7 lbs. kainit. This should be ap- 

 plied in the spring. 



119 



