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Fruit Samples, 



926. Sir,— At the request of W. Fisher, 

 Orillia, I send you a sample of a seedling des- 

 sert apple, grown by him, and would be obliged 

 for your opinion. 



U. H. Hall, Orillia. 



The apple is rather pretty in appear- 

 ance. Medium in size, conical, of ex- 

 cellent flavor, and probably would be a 

 first-class winter dessert apple for the 

 north. 



Shortening'-in Pear Growth. 



927. Sir, — Is it advisable to cut back or 

 shorten-in about one-half or two-thirds of last 

 year's growth of young bearing pear trees in 

 the spring, in order to prevent their growing 

 too tall ? 



R. Burns, Parkhilt, Onl. 



Yes, prune your trees while growing 

 into the shape you want to have them, 

 when they reach maturity. 



Ashes for Pear Trees. 



928. Sir, — What quantity per tree of 

 unleached wood ashes would you advise me 

 to apply to pear trees, ten or fifteen years old? 



G. H. Nixon, Hyde Park: 



Twenty-five or thirty pounds per tree, 

 should afford sufficient potash for full- 

 grown pear trees. Of course they should 

 have nitrogen and available phosphoric 

 acid in some form, also. 



Ashes and Manure. 



929. Sir, — Should I apply ashes and 

 manure at the same time ? 



G. H. N. 



There is no objection to this ; the evil 

 consists in leaving them mixed together 

 in the same pile. 



son plum for the County of Middlesex ? 



G. H. N. 



Will someone give his experience ? 



Nitrate of Soda. 



931. Sir, — Will you kindly inform me 

 the best market to buy nitrate of soda in, and 

 also other fertilizers ? and you will oblige 

 J. H. WiGLE, Leamington, Onl. 



Japan Lilac. 



932. Sir, — Is this perfectly hardy, and 

 is it sometimes grown in the hothouse ? 



Mrs. Rawson, Burlinf/lon. 



Reply by Prof. H. L. Hiitt, O.A.C.. 



Guelph. 



I cannot speak from my own experi- 

 ence, as to the hardiness of this variety, 

 as it is not in our collection ; but I see 

 that Prof. Saunders in his report for 

 1893, speaks of it being hardy at Otta- 

 wa, so I would suppose there would be 

 no difficulty in growing it at Burlington. 



I have not heard of its being grown 

 in the hothouse in this country, although 

 I do not doubt it might be. In Eng- 

 land and France the lilac is extensively 

 forced during the winter in houses where 

 the light is excluded. The flowers are 

 thus blanched pure white, and are in 

 great demand for making bouquets, etc. 

 The disadvantage of this method is the 

 impossibility of having foliage to accom- 

 pany the flowers. I>eaves from other 

 plants grown in the light have to be 

 substituted 



The Madison Plum. 



930. Would vou reuonimena the Madi 



The Onion Maggot. 



933. Sir, — What is the best insecticide 

 for the onion maggot ? 



R. Bdrns, Parkhi/l. 



We cannot answer our correspondent 



better than by quoting from the Hatch 



