QUESTION DRA WER. 



at once in the open ground, but in ordi- 

 nary seasons the extra trouble of trans- 

 plantingVillbe repaid. The rows should 

 be three feet apart and the plants i8 to 

 24 inches apart. I have never known 

 of their being grown for market and can 

 give no prices. The seed is sold by 

 seedsmen at about 30 cents per ounce. 

 Any of the large dealers can supply it. 



World's Fair Medals. 



9S3. Sir, — ^Ditl you ever hear of any one 

 in the county of Huron, or any other county 

 in the Dominion, who received his award for 

 fruits exhibited at the Columbian Kxposition. 

 If^any one has received it, I would like to 

 know who it is. I sent quinces and White- 

 smith gooseberries, and so aid other persons 

 from this section, but I have not heard of any 

 one who received his award. 



Jesse Geummett, A'»7e, Ont. 



A large number of awards were made 

 to the exhibits sent from Ontario, but 

 it appears that they were afterwards very 

 much cut down by some committee of 

 revision. Ontario had taken so many 

 more fruit awards than any State in the 

 Union, that it did not seem pleasant to 

 the committee to make the awards as 

 first decided upon by the judges. We 

 do not see any other explanation of this 

 matter. A certain number of medals 

 have been sent on and distributed, but 

 not nearly the number that was at first 

 expected. 



English Cherry. 



984. Sir, — I have an English cherry 

 which last year had an abundance of blossom 

 and green fruit but very little of it ripened ; 

 it was situated on a high bank of sand, and 

 had not much cultivation before. Please tell 

 me what to do with it. It is about 20 years 

 old. 



Enquirer, Port Colhomt, 



Enquirer does not state whether the 

 cherry rot ( Monilia) is the cause of the 

 fruit not ripening, nor the variety of 

 English cherry. We judge, however, 



the rot must be the cause, and would 

 suggest thorough spraying with Bordeaux 

 mixture, first before the blossoms open, 

 second after the fruit has formed, and 

 third about two weeks later. 



Barrel Strawberry Culture. 



98'1. -Sir, — In American Gardening of 

 Feb. 5th is an article on barrel Strawberry 

 Culture practised by .T P. Ohmer of Dayton, 

 Ohio, accompanied by a photograph of Mr. 

 Ohmer and his barrel Many of your sub- 

 scribers would no doubt be pleased to have in 

 your valuable Journal, directions for this 

 novel method of culture, and even if we, especi- 

 ally amateurs like myself, could not expnect 

 such favorable results as Mr. Ohmer claimes 

 to have had, yet the novelty of the thing 

 might induce us to try a barrel or two 



P. Barclay, Pelroiia, Ont. 



Fio. 1319.— The Barrel Str-awberry. 



For the benefit of any readers who 

 may want to try this novel method of 

 growing strawberries, we give a reduced 

 copy of the cut in American Gardening, 

 together with letter from F. W. Ritter, 

 of Dayton, O., regarding it : 



" I am sending a photograph of strawberries 

 growing in a barrel, with the grower, J. P. 

 Ohmer, of this city, standing by its side. 

 The picture shows the barrel standing on a 

 platform wagon as Mr. Ohmer exhibited it on 

 the streets of Dayton, 



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